Zhi Kun Xuan: Drafts on Modern Chinese Literature

Author: Li Fuhu
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book is a collection of selected research papers on writers and works in the history of modern Chinese literature by the author, written in his spare time over nearly two decades. It covers the works and critiques of modern Chinese writers and literary critics such as Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu, Liang Qichao, Lao She, Mao Zedong, Xu Maoyong, Li Guowen, Wang Yuojian, Lu Zhuguo, Sha Ye Xin, etc. The author follows the teaching in Wang Anshi's "Letter to the Emperor" that emphasizes "striving to be beneficial to society," always linking literary research and criticism closely with the spirit of the times. His studies on Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah-Q, his critiques of the essays by Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, and Xu Maoyong, reflect independent thinking and avoid blindly following others. His article "Tragedy in Comedy—From to," delivers a sharp and awakening critique of the flaws in comedy creation since the founding of New China. His definition of the romantic tendencies in Li Guowen's long novels is also full of originality. This book can serve as a reference for literary enthusiasts, researchers, and language teachers in primary and secondary schools.