1999-2000 China Literature Annual

Author: Wang Xin
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book records the research and summary of literary development during 1999—2000, with rich and appropriate content. For example, it focuses on literary phenomena in 1998—1999, records debates in literature, selects excerpts from literary works, and includes evaluations of the new book by renowned scholars. Writers with a strong sense of social responsibility turned their attention to ongoing social reforms and daily life, as well as various social issues people cared about, writing a series of realistic works that reflected real-life conditions and addressed social problems. These works became a distinctive feature of the literary scene at the end of the 20th century.