Dissolution and Antidissolution of Literature -- A Historical Discussion on the Controversies of Modern Chinese Literary Schools

Author: Wu Lichang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Based on four criteria—relevant to literature, belonging to distinct schools, requiring re-evaluation, and still ambiguous even after re-evaluation—the book divides modern literary debates into three sections and twenty-four topics: the debate between the old and the new, the debate between the leftists and the liberals, and the internal debate among the leftists. Each debate is placed within its specific historical context for comprehensive observation. In response to the tendency in academia to correct biases by swinging to the other extreme, the book provides objective and realistic evaluations, revealing the neglected or even dissolved characteristics of literature and anti-literature in modern literary debates. The entire book presents fair and unbiased arguments, grounded in facts rather than trendy opinions.