A Brief History of Chinese Fiction: Classic Academic Works Every University Student Should Read

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Outline of the History of Chinese Fiction is a classic work on the history of Chinese fiction, serving as the lecture notes by the author when he taught the history of Chinese fiction at Peking University from 1920 to 1924. This book is a seminal work in the study of the history of Chinese fiction. The first chapter is Historians' Cataloging and Comments on Fiction, followed by discussions on fiction writers, works, schools, and the artistic techniques and evolutionary trends of fiction, starting from mythology and legends and ending with late Qing era satirical fiction. It is rich in materials and offers incisive insights.