A Selection of Postmodernist Literary Works

Author: Luo Gang
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education. It is a 21st-century curriculum textbook and also a postmodernist literary works selection used as a college textbook for liberal arts in China. The book features representative works of dozens of important postmodernist novelists, playwrights, and poets from various Western and European countries, providing a comprehensive reflection of the fundamental characteristics of postmodernist literary development. The preface of the book discusses the historical roots and ideological and artistic features of the emergence of postmodernist literature in general terms, and each work is accompanied by a brief introduction to the author and their works, serving to clarify doubts and provide insights for both university liberal arts students and general readers. This book, along with The Selection of Modernist Literature, is designed to be used alongside the main textbook From Modernism to Postmodernism, making it suitable for faculty and students of Chinese departments in universities, as well as literature enthusiasts and researchers.