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 A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature:

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xx)   (140K)
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    • Contents
    • Translator’S Note
    • Foreword
  • The ‘transition’ in literature (1-20)   (113K)
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    • 1. The Literary Scene In The 1940s
    • 2. The ‘Choice’ Of The Left -Wing Literary World
    • 3. The Literary Thought Of Mao Zedong
    • 4. The Establishment Of A ‘New Direction For Literature’
  • Literary norms and the literary environment (21-40)   (124K)
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    • 1. The Literary Environment Of The 1950s–1970s
    • 2. Periodicals And Literary Groups
    • 3. Literary Criticism And Campaigns Of Criticism
    • 4. The Change In The Overall Nature Of Writers
    • 5. The Cultural Dispositions Of ‘Core Writers’
  • Contradictions and conflicts (41-63)   (131K)
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    • 1. Frequent Campaigns Of Criticism
    • 2. The Continuation Of Internal Contradictions Within Left -Wing Literature
    • 3. Querying The Norms
    • 4. The Nature Of Divergence
  • Hidden poets and poetry groupings (64-75)   (89K)
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    • 1. The Choice Of Paths For Poetry
    • 2. A Universal Artistic Predicament
    • 3. The Fate Of The ‘Nine Leaves’ Poets
    • 4. The Lot Of The ‘July Group’ Poets
  • The forms of poetry (76-89)   (97K)
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    • 1. The ‘Realist’ Tendency And The Narrative Poetry Tide
    • 2. The Artistic Path Of Young Poets
    • 3. Political Lyricism
  • Themes and forms of fiction (90-103)   (98K)
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    • 1. The Division Of Fiction Writers
    • 2. The Systemization And Classifi Cation Of Th Emes
    • 3. The State Of Typology In Fiction
    • 4. The Trend Toward Unity In Form
  • Rural area fiction (104-119)   (108K)
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    • 1. The Contemporary Forms Of Rural Area Fiction
    • 2. Zhao Shuli And The Shanxi Writers
    • 3. The ‘History Of The Critical Value’ Of Zhao Shuli
    • 4. Liu Qing’S History Of Pioneering Work
  • The narration of history (120-142)   (140K)
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    • 1. Revolutionary Historical Fiction
    • 2. The Pursuit Of ‘Epic Character’
    • 3. Red Crag’S Mode Of Composition
    • 4. Another Type Of Memory
    • 5. The Song Of Youth And The Discussion Surrounding It
    • 6. The Historical Novel LI Zicheng
  • The plight of other forms of fiction (143-155)   (99K)
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    • 1. Inhibited Fiction
    • 2. In Search Of New Substitutes
    • 3. ‘Urban Fiction’ And ‘Fiction Of Industrial Themes’
    • 4. Three Family Lane And The Discussion Surrounding It
  • Beyond the mainstream (156-170)   (101K)
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    • 1. ‘Non-Mainstream Literature’
    • 2. The First ‘Heterodoxy’
    • 3. ‘Hundred Flowers Literature’
    • 4. Symbolic Narration
    • 5. Permutations Of Positions
  • Prose (171-185)   (115K)
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    • 1. The Concept Of Contemporary Prose
    • 2. The ‘Renaissance’ Of Prose
    • 3. Prose Writers And Th Eir Creative Patterns
    • 4. The Fate Of The Miscellaneous Essay
    • 5. Memoirs And Historical Biography
  • The theater (186-202)   (110K)
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    • 1. A Survey Of Dramatic Art
    • 2. Lao She’S Teahouse
    • 3. Historical Drama And Related Discussion
    • 4. The ‘High Tide’ Of Drama
  • Towards ‘cultural revolution literature’ (203-221)   (123K)
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    • 1. The Literary Campaign Of 1958
    • 2. The Radical Ideological Trend In Literature And ‹The Summary Of Minutes›
    • 3. Literature’S Modes Of Existence
    • 4. Characteristics Of ‘Revolutionary Literature’
  • The re-construction of classics (222-235)   (97K)
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    • 1. The Experiment In The Creation Of ‘Models’
    • 2. ‘Revolutionary Model Opera’
    • 3. The Fiction Of Hao Ran And Others
    • 4. Difficulties In The Creation Of ‘Models’
  • A divided literary world (236-254)   (120K)
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    • 1. The Public World Of Poetry
    • 2. Fiction Writing
    • 3. The Last Poems Of Mu Dan
    • 4. The ‘Baiyang Marshes Poetry Grouping’
    • 5. Hand-Copied Fiction
    • 6. The Poetry Of Tian’Anmen
  • The literary environment during the 1980s (255-274)   (115K)
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    • 1. The Thought Liberation Tid
    • 2. Outside Influences During The Open Period
    • 3. Division And Regrouping Among Writers
    • 4. Literature And The ‘Market Economy’
  • A survey of 1980s literature (275-292)   (118K)
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    • 1. Process: The First Half Of The 1980s
    • 2. Process: The Second Half Of The 1980s
    • 3. A Variety Of Literary Forms
    • 4. Overall Styles And Stances Of Writers
  • Fiction during the first half of the 1980s (293-314)   (139K)
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    • 1. A Few Concepts Of The Fiction Tide
    • 2. The Formation And Characteristics Of The Tide
    • 3. Memory Of The Wounds Of History
    • 4. ‘Educated Youth Fiction’ In The Reconsideration Of History
  • 1980s poetry (315-334)   (128K)
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    • 1. Poetry Circles After The ‘Cultural Revolution’
    • 2. The Poetry Of The ‘Returnees’ (A)
    • 3. The Poetry Of The ‘Returnees’ (B)
  • The new poetry tide (335-365)   (181K)
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    • 1. ‘Misty Poetry’ And The Related Polemic
    • 2. Major Writers Of ‘Misty Poetry’
    • 3. The ‘Newborn Generation’ Of The New Poetry Tide
    • 4. Other Major Poets
  • Fiction of the second half of the 1980s (A) (366-381)   (106K)
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    • 1. ‘Root-Seeking’ In Literature
    • 2. ‘Root-Seeking’ And The Artistic Forms Of Fiction
    • 3. Fiction Of The Marketplace And Native Soil
    • 4. Outside Groupings And Schools
  • Fiction of the second half of the 1980s (B) (382-403)   (141K)
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    • 1. Literary Exploration And ‘Avant-Garde Fiction’
    • 2. A Description Of ‘New Realism’
    • 3. Writers Of ‘Avant-Garde Fiction’
    • 4. Writers Of ‘New Realism’ In Fiction
    • 5. Other Major Writers Of Fiction
  • The art of woman writers (404-419)   (104K)
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    • 1. The Upsurge Of Woman Writers
    • 2. The Fiction Of Woman Writers (A)
    • 3. Concepts Of ‘Women’S Literature’
    • 4. The Fiction Of Woman Writers (B)
  • The art of prose (420-436)   (115K)
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    • 1. A Survey Of The Art Of Prose
    • 2. Memory Of ‘History’
    • 3. Lyric Prose
    • 4. Scholarly Prose And Informal Essays
  • The situation of literature in the 1990s (437-450)   (90K)
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    • 1. Changes In The Literary Environment
    • 2. Important Literary Phenomena
    • 3. The Overall Situation Of Literature In The 1990s
  • A chronology of contemporary literature in china (451-504)   (235K)
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    • 1949
    • 1950
    • 1951
    • 1952
    • 1953
    • 1954
    • 1955
    • 1956
    • 1957
    • 1958
    • 1959
    • 1960
    • 1961
    • 1962
    • 1963
    • 1964
    • 1965
    • 1966
    • 1967
    • 1968
    • 1969
    • 1970
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    • 1975
    • 1976
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    • 1980
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    • 1990
    • 1991
    • 1992
    • 1993
    • 1994
    • 1995
    • 1996
  • Postscript (505-506)   (42K)
  • Glossary of terms, organizations, and periodicals (507-550)   (559K)
  • Bibliography (551-572)   (578K)
  • Titles of works cited (573-618)   (797K)
  • Index (619-636)   (451K)