Ding Ling and the Rise and Fall of the Literature Research Institute

Author: Xing Xiaoguo
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: After 1949, with the high integration of ideology, the tastes of literary education and literary appreciation underwent tremendous changes. The most prominent feature was discarding the traditions formed during the 30 years of modern Chinese literature. The basic requirements for literary education and appreciation in the new era were centered on class struggle, with the ideal goal being the appreciation tastes of workers and peasants. Over the 17 years, no writers or works comparable to modern Chinese literature emerged, partly due to the constraints of the era's political and cultural spirit, and also because intellectuals completely lost their independence during this time.