Nineties Critical Essays Anthology

Author: Chen Sihe / Yang Yang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book is a selected compilation of literary criticism essays from the 1990s, divided into eight parts: Women and Women's Literature, The Standpoint of the Folk, The New Generation and the New Fiction, and An Overview of Hot Issues in 1990s Literature. It holds significant academic value while also offering considerable readability. How to view Chinese literary criticism in the 1990s and how to evaluate it—these questions seemed to have drawn little attention at the end of the decade, perhaps obscured by a predetermined veil of values. People heard only criticism of the 1990s, rarely examining the growth of literary criticism itself and the changes it underwent over those ten years. Only when the new century arrived, when people grew weary of empty, high-profile critiques, and wanted to turn back and carefully reflect on whether 1990s literary criticism was truly as terrible as some claimed, might they realize that it deserves serious review. Its distinct personality and importance are no less than that of the just-passed "New Era." Dear readers, follow the editors of this book to experience it, and you will surely gain unexpected rewards!