Talk of Three on Chinese Literature in the 20th Century · Speaking of Culture: Speaking of Culture

Author: Qian Liqun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book combines two "interesting small books," Three Talks on Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature (Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House, 1988) and Random Talk on Culture (Changsha: Hunan Education Press, 1997). It records the intellectual exchanges and discussions on literature among the three scholars—Qian Liqun, Huang Ziping, and Chen Pingyuan—from 1985 to 1990. Three Talks proposed the concept of "Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature," focusing on the inseparable wholeness of this literary tradition. It bridged the research frameworks of modern, contemporary, and modern Chinese literature, expanded the field of study, and sparked significant responses in academia. Random Talk on Culture includes personal recollections and prefaces to each section, elucidating the compilers' unique understanding of "prose" and emphasizing its cultural significance.