对上海“孤岛”时期（1937.11-1941.12）文学的研究长期以来只集中于对抗战文学的研究。本文试图将“孤岛”文坛独特的面貌从“孤岛”不孤这一既有命题下解脱出来，以西风社的文学活动，及在《西风》等刊物上取得重要创作实绩的徐訏小说为核心，重新发掘整个“孤岛”文坛在抗战文艺之外极为丰富的文化发展，并述及其源流与影响，来呈现一个与战前的上海及整个抗战期间的中国文坛不同的文化空间：作为半殖民地的“孤岛”，反而在文化上形成了一个相对的自由空间，这种创作环境在抗战期间是极为稀缺的，在整个中国现代历史进程中，类似的文化空间也并不多见。

As the researches about the literature in the “GuDao” period (from November, 1937 to December, 1941) of Shanghai always focus only on the left-wing, this paper will try to challenge the idea that “GuDao is not isolated”, and show the factual appearance of the whole literary world of “GuDao”. West Wind Monthly and its office are the focuses of this paper, as well as the stories written by Xuxu, who was the main contributor to the West Wind Monthly. The conclusion is that in spite of being a semi-colony, Shanghai “GuDao” became an area with liberty, which was an exception during the war of Resistance Against Japan.