Research on Literary Phenomena in China at the End of the 20th Century

Author: Cao Wenxuan
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: People often like to incorporate a temporal concept into the name of a larger academic project: "The Mainstream of 19th Century Literature," "The History of 20th Century Literature," "Literature of 1948." The advantage of doing this is that, first, the object of your research is defined within a specific time frame, making it limited rather than boundless, and thus the research can be thorough. This book is divided into thirteen chapters, primarily covering the introduction, the spirit of tragedy, the return of stories, falling into the ordinary, mysticism, the veneration of sensation, the workshop complex, the consciousness of wandering, retelling history, the fading of passion, the poet's words on poetry, the supremacy of language, ultimate inquiries, and the difficulty of professionalism, among other detailed content.