Dissolution and Anti-Dissolution of Literature: A Historical Study of Debates on Modern Chinese Literary Schools

Author: Wu Lichang
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Based on four criteria—relevance to literature, distinct schools, the need for reevaluation, and ambiguity even after reassessment—the book divides modern literary debates into three parts and twenty-four topics: the debate between the old and the new, the conflict between the leftists and liberals, and the internal disputes among the leftists. Each debate is placed in its specific historical context for comprehensive observation. Addressing the tendency in academia to swing to the opposite extreme in an effort to correct biases, the book offers objective evaluations, revealing the neglected or even suppressed characteristics of literary and anti-literary debates in modern literature. The arguments presented are fair and unbiased, grounded in facts rather than trendy opinions.