Lu Xun and New Period Literature

Author: Chang Lini
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is divided into four chapters: Chapter 1 first summarizes the three interpretive approaches of "inheritance," "textual," and "deconstruction" toward Lu Xun by writers in the new era. It then explains how the "archetype" and "pattern" in Lu Xun's works are replaced, transformed, and deconstructed in the new era literature from the perspectives of "archetype" and "pattern." Chapter 2 takes the "national character" issue as the research subject, re-examines and defines the concept of "national character," and analyzes how writers in the new era inherit Lu Xun's many important propositions from multiple dimensions. Additionally, this chapter focuses on discussing the dilemmas in Lu Xun's "national character" research. Chapter 3 primarily discusses the shift of literary function from the "enlightenment and salvation" represented by Lu Xun to the commodity in the current "consumer era," and the resulting redefinition of a series of literary elements, as well as fundamental changes in cultural perspectives and spiritual states. Chapter 4 compares Lu Xun and Can Xue's approaches to the "unspeakable" through a case study of Can Xue's works. This paper summarizes the three interpretive approaches of "inheritance," "textual," and "deconstruction" toward Lu Xun by writers in the new era; re-examines and defines Lu Xun's concept of "national character"; discusses the shift of literary function from the "enlightenment and salvation" represented by Lu Xun to the commodity in the current "consumer era," and the resulting redefinition of literary elements, cultural perspectives, and?