Popular for a Century: The Classics of Chinese Popular Fiction: The Classics of Chinese Popular Fiction

Author: Tang Zhesheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Popular Fiction and Highbrow Fiction — Popular fiction is a social trend — The "factual approach" of popular fiction and the "logical approach" of highbrow fiction — Popular fiction is "mass culture" while vulgar is "crowd culture."
Natural Humanity and Social Humanity — Popular fiction is a "legendary story" — The "conventional" and "unconventional" of popular fiction and highbrow fiction — The reader has the final say.
Popular fiction is a social trend. This has two meanings. On the one hand, it pays special attention to social trends. Political economy, ideology, culture, novelties, prominent figures, and household knowledge — popular fiction always reflects the people and things that the general public is very concerned about in a particular period;
cheerful, pessimistic, humorous, silent, and angry — popular fiction always reflects the social sentiments and the thoughts and emotions of the general public in a particular period. On the other hand, popular fiction itself is a social trend.