Modern Chinese Culture and Literature. Issue 2

Author: Mao Xun
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Since the 1990s, the issue of re-evaluating the value of modern Chinese literature has been troubling academia. Among these concerns, the voices claiming that modern Chinese literature "ruptured" the tradition of Chinese literature have held considerable weight. Although the academic community of modern Chinese literature has continuously responded to these claims, they seem to have merelyed the "rupture" rather than addressing it directly. This approach may not be sufficient to confront the challenges posed by the "rupture" theory. If such "ruptures" indeed existed in the development of modern Chinese literature, how should we then judge such phenomena? This book compiles insightful arguments from renowned scholars in contemporary literary studies and systematically elaborates on the aforementioned issues.