Given the important task of the dialect

Author: Jing Wending
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book consists of over ten articles, primarily focusing on the fields of literary criticism and cultural criticism. The key concept of this book is dialect, but dialect does not refer to a specific language. Instead, it refers to all weak and marginalized "things"—such as poetry writing in a commercial society, fiction suppressed by literary forms (like poetry and prose) supported by Confucian culture, or small eras hidden beneath the surface of a major era, and so on. The book argues that these marginalized "things" generally bring us more comfort and passion in daily life than dominant "things," and thus deserve attention.