Draft on Chinese Artistic Prose

Author: Zhang Guojun
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Theoretical Draft on Chinese Artistic Prose is a research monograph on the development of artistic prose in China. Zhang Guojun's Theoretical Draft on Chinese Artistic Prose offers systematic discussions and research that are both theoretically profound and practically significant, addressing the current weaknesses in prose studies and the confusion in conceptual definitions. The first part of the book traces the evolution of the concept of prose in China and provides a new definition and theoretical interpretation of artistic prose. The second part offers a detailed discussion on the historical stages of the development of Chinese artistic prose. It can be said that the book well adheres to the combination of history and theory, with arguments derived from historical analysis. This is not a hastily written work. The research project began in 1992 and took a total of seven years. Through years of diligent study, Zhang Guojun has naturally been reluctant to share the hardships with outsiders; however, how many scholars today can escape the dilemmas and frustrations of academic research? What is valuable is that Zhang Guojun persevered.