Elegant narration

Author: Zhang Xueshen
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This series consists of 10 volumes, each a collection of selected research findings by various critics since the 1990s. They include: Wang Binbing's On Literature in Three Breaths, Wang Gan's The Age of Watering, Huang Fayan's Media Manufacturing, Li Jianchuang's Necessary Opposition, Zhang Qinghua's Elegy for Paradise, He Zhongming's The Measure of Reality, Zhang Xueshen's Aesthetic Narration, Zhang Xinyong's Opening Our Literary Understanding, Yang Yang's Infinite Growth, and Zhang Yiwu's The Image of a New China. As representatives of young critics in the "e-era," they employ distinct critical styles—some profound and incisive, some sharp and unique, some rigorous and solid, some free and unrestrained—to approach contemporary literary creation from various perspectives. They express their conscience, justice, and responsibilities as literary critics, offering unique insights and clear stances on current literary phenomena, the nature of literature, literary development, and specific works. Bypassing superficialities, they delve into truth, revealing the authentic state and spiritual trajectory of contemporary literature. It can be said that the rise and fall of China's literary scene in recent ten years, as well as significant writers, works, and breakthroughs in literary theory, have been reviewed and summarized in their writings. Behold, they have arrived (Preface).
Autobiographical Preface
On the Allegorical Poetic Characteristics in Contemporary Novel Creation
On the Aesthetic Tendencies in Contemporary Novel Creation
An Outline of the Formal Sense of Chinese Writers in the 20th Century
"Marginal Culture": An Important Topic in the Construction of Chinese Culture—Reflections on Mo Yan's Tanshanger
Historical Fate Under Multiple Narrative Discourses—The "New Family Historical Novels" of the 1990s
Changes and Developments in the Style of Contemporary Novels
New Transformations in the Style of Novels in the 1990s
The Spiritual Depth of Contemporary Literary Characters
The Ethnic Identity of Contemporary Literary Characters
The Eternal Mystery of Literary Classics
The Dissolution of Poeticism and the Escape of Spirit—The Spiritual Trajectory of Young Writers' Novels in the 1990s
2003: Literature in Adherence Needs to Cross Over
The Short Story: A Work in Perseverance
Rebuilding the Glory of the Green Camp—Observations on Recent Military Fiction
Aesthetic Narration—On Su Tong's Short Stories
"The Passion for Fiction"—The Genesis of Su Tong's Writing
Exquisite Narration Through the Mist of Life—Interpretation of Su Tong's Short Stories I: Uncovering the Aesthetic Meanings in the Depths of Memory
The Return of the Soul—On Su Tong's Novel Mi
Seeking Spiritual Agility in the Realm of Reality—Review of Su Tong's Novel Why Did the Snake Fly
The Integration of Humanistic Concern and the Prominence of Feminist Consciousness—The Portrayal of Female Characters in Su Tong's Novels
Resisting Despair: The Inconfrontable Essence of Existence—Reading Yu Hua's Boy in the Evening and Mo Yan's Thumb Ring
The Spiritual Bearing of Yu Hua's Survival Novels
On Zhang Chengzhi's Novel Creation
Expressing Doubt and Discovery Amidst Hardship—Reading Li Hui's Novella Light and Shadow
Life and History Flowing in the Narrative—Review of Ge Fei's Novel The Face of Peach Blossoms
A Rural Narrative Questioning Humanity and Power—Review of Sun Chunping's Novel The Ballad of the Crab
A Spiritual Journey Through Emotional Purgatory—Review of Quan Yongxian's Novel The Solitary
The "Reconstruction" of Reality and the "Reconstruction" of History—Review of Yu Xiaowei's Novel Creation
Traces of History and Life in Personal Memory—Review of Liu Qing's Novel Favorable Growth
Clarifying Literature Through the Details of the Heart—Reading the Dialogue Su Tong and Wang Hongtu
The Charm of Contemporary Chinese Poetry Lies in Reflecting the Value of Existence—Dialogue with Poet Yan Li
Afterword: Starting from the 1990s—On Zhang Xueshen's Literary Criticism