Universal Technique

Author: Tang Zhesheng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Urban novels do not aim to enlighten or elevate the masses but rather evoke emotions and depict the people, stimulating human instincts, humanity, and sentiment. The 20th-century Chinese novel was rich and diverse, in addition to the elite novels of figures like Lu Xun, there were also a large number of urban novels. Urban novels are those that reflect the cultural concepts of the urban populace and are written for them as readers. Urban novels, categorized by theme, mainly include social novels, romantic novels, wuxia novels, detective novels, humorous novels, palace intrigue novels, historical novels, fantasy novels, and more. Unlike elite novels, which adopted foreign cultural concepts, 20th-century Chinese urban novels inherited traditional Chinese cultural concepts and represented a new expression of traditional Chinese aesthetics in the new era. Their characteristics are prominently reflected on three levels. Culturally, they embody traditional Chinese secular moral culture. The novels depict the concerns of the Chinese urban populace and use the value standards of the Chinese urban population to evaluate...