Chinese and Western Novelistic Forms

Author: Yang Xingying
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Literary works exist in the form of literary genres, and the following text genres make the "literature" art form exist. If one observes the literary phenomenon as a whole, it can be found that literary texts exist in the form of literary genres. For example, when mentioning Chinese literature, we cite Tang poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing fiction, and so on. In this sense, it is the literary genre that makes literature exist. In fact, in people's perception and impression, "literature" often refers to literary genres, including the genre, structure, language, and style of specific works. This book is one of the "20th Century Culture and Literary Theory Series." This book conducts an in-depth study of the diachronic forms of Chinese and Western novel genres, sorting out the history of the emergence, formation, maturity, and transformation of Chinese and Western novel genres from ancient times to the present. It proves that the root of genre transformation lies in the changes of social culture, and the results of genre transformation embody the new connotations of social culture. Therefore, genre transformation has become an important part of literary history.