In the new century,the active situation of ethnic literature studies not only signifies the expansion of research field and the updating of research discourse,but also reveals a lack of consensus. The exploration of the text information and visualized analysis of the knowledge map of ethnic literature research achievements in the new century based on Cite Space can clearly present the basic theme,the evolution of hot spots and researchers’ academic contributions in this field. It can provide more original spectrum of knowledge for ethnic literature research,and at the same time,reveal some problems such as the weak consciousness in research team construction,theoretic research and discourse innovation.