Blood paper man

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 is rich and diverse, in addition to the elite novels of figures like Lu Xun, there are 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, classified 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 adopt foreign cultural concepts, 20th-century Chinese urban novels inherit traditional Chinese cultural concepts and represent 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 Chinese urbanites and use their value standards to evaluate...