20th Century Chinese Literature Experience (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Yang Kuanghan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book takes the literature of 20th-century China as its overall subject of study. When entering the major transformation of the "century of literature" with critical reflection, it transcends the common "Western impact—Chinese response" framework, focusing on integrating new knowledge from a Chinese perspective to examine a literary century of innovation and change. Looking back with a contemporary lens, it refines tradition, evaluates gains and losses, and selects significant phenomena and issues from the process of 20th-century literature, transforming "experience" from "experience." It adopts a horizontal and vertical structural model to conduct in-depth and detailed discussions.
Among them, starting from the unique literary context of China, it delves deeper into the true origins and inherent complexity of "literary modernity." From the perspectives of social trends and academic resources, it offers new considerations of "Left-wing—Yan'an" literature and the construction of a new culture of an era. From the viewpoint of the aestheticization of politics and the politicization of aesthetics, it reorganizes the relationships between literature and politics, city and countryside, gender and writing, and media and production in a fresh way. From the angle of historical context and spiritual conditions, it pays special attention to the life journeys and survival strategies of representative modern and contemporary writers. Additionally, from the spatial and temporal dimensions of a century of Chinese literature, it provides new interpretations and explorations of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas Chinese literature.
The entire book follows the guiding principles of "local perspective, problem awareness, historical restoration, and bridging fragmentation," combining the rigor and depth of an academic monograph with the vitality of reflection and innovation, revealing the spiritual essence from the worldly complexities. This book is the result of the Academy of Social Sciences of China's Category A major project. Together with the earlier published works "Discussions on the History of 20th-Century Chinese Literature" and "A General History of 20th-Century Chinese Literature," it forms a trilogy of "Eastern Version" research on the "century of Chinese literature," offering readers a shared wisdom.