History of the Development of Contemporary Chinese Literature

Author: Meng Huafan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature explores the emergence, origins, and discourse space of contemporary Chinese literature. From various perspectives, it systematically reveals the historical context, formation of overall style, institutionalization, literary production, and control of dissemination of contemporary Chinese literature, as well as other internal mechanisms and external constraints. These issues and perspectives have not been raised as significant topics in previous histories of contemporary Chinese literature. However, they are among the most important issues in contemporary Chinese literature. Specific to writers, works, and literary phenomena, they are all closely related to these issues. The book also argues that after the 1980s, while classic writing continued to develop, the growth of popular literature and the advancement of media led to profound changes in the overall landscape of contemporary literature. While narrating and analyzing classic writing or mainstream literary phenomena, the book also pays attention to popular literary phenomena and the problems they present. The interpretation of popular literature is something that has not been given attention in similar works. Therefore, this is a history of contemporary Chinese literature with a distinct format and perspective compared to past works of the same kind.