Chinese Language New Curriculum Standard Required Reading Series - Roar

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Najiao (A Call to Arms) is imbued with abundant anti-feudal passion. It "comforts the fierce warriors who run in solitude and makes them fearless in leading the way." Najiao is a collection of short stories written by Lu Xun from 1918 to 1922. At that time, the spirit of the May Fourth Revolution was at its peak. The author wrote the stories with the intention of depicting "the unfortunate people in a sick society," "exposing the suffering to draw attention to its cure," and "shouting for the New Culture Movement." The works truthfully portray the social life from the Xinhai Revolution to the May Fourth Movement, revealing deep-seated social contradictions, offering a profound critique and complete negation of the feudal system and outdated traditional concepts, and expressing a strong sense of national concern for survival and a fervent desire for social change. Najiao includes 14 short stories written by Lu Xun between 1918 and 1922. With its outstanding artistic language, rigorous realistic imagery, ingenious artistic composition, and new forms in each story, Najiao reveals profound social issues and captures an entire era.