The Spirit's Appearance -- Realism and Contemporary Chinese Fiction

Author: Zhou Zhengbao
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Publish Date: 1999-03-01
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The main argument of this book lies in: From the 1980s to the 1990s, Chinese fiction completed a significant turn, where realism shifted from a creative method to a spiritual engagement. Whether in traditional creative approaches or modern narrative forms, "engaging with reality," particularly focusing on the "reality" of humanity or the human itself, has become a fundamental content of fiction. The book's interpretation of the "emergence of the spiritual" not only emphasizes the development and organization of modern fiction theory but also considers case analyses of writers and works from the 1990s, thereby giving the discussion a relatively strong sense of the times and a realistic touch.