A century of reading experience

Author: Zhou Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: On the milestone of the development of Chinese literature, some names will be etched forever in memory—Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, and Mao Dun. Some works will remain timeless treasures. Open this book, and our reading minds will journey back a century, experiencing firsthand how classic works have sparked the effects of their era and how literary giants have watched over the changes of the times with sharp eyes and wise thoughts. This kind of journey is the process in which generations of masters guide us to explore classic masterpieces. What we appreciate not only includes the passionate leaps of individual thoughts in the words but also the historical trajectory of the development of modern and contemporary literature. From the grand pronouncements of literary revolution at the turn of the century, to the interplay of revolutionary and democratic literature in the 1930s, to the fervent popularization and nationalization of literature in the 1940s, to the changing landscape of "Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend" in the 1950s as the era evolved, and the ever-shifting landscape of national reading hearts—only the deep concern of intellectuals across generations for the fate of the nation and the direction of society remains unchanged in their creations!