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A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920)Birth of New Fiction in China

A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920): Birth of New Fiction in China [In the early twentieth century, Chinese fiction turned a new page with the literary movement of the so-called Fiction Revolution. Although the slogan of the Fiction Revolution was officially coined by Liang Qichao in his Fiction and Social Administration in 1902, the Fiction Revolution was engendered by numerous factors around the 1898 Reform—the introduction of Western fictions, the emphasis on the social function of fictions, and the call for “unique new fictions” of distinctive features. This chapter discusses the Fiction Revolution in the late Qing Dynasty (between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries), focusing on the reformists’ contentions and the literary trend henceforth. The discussion of the achievements of New Fiction focuses on the overall literary development and the writers who were influenced but not restricted by the common practice of the time.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920)Birth of New Fiction in China

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
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© Peking University Press 2021
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978-981-33-4888-2
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1 –17
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10.1007/978-981-33-4889-9_1
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[In the early twentieth century, Chinese fiction turned a new page with the literary movement of the so-called Fiction Revolution. Although the slogan of the Fiction Revolution was officially coined by Liang Qichao in his Fiction and Social Administration in 1902, the Fiction Revolution was engendered by numerous factors around the 1898 Reform—the introduction of Western fictions, the emphasis on the social function of fictions, and the call for “unique new fictions” of distinctive features. This chapter discusses the Fiction Revolution in the late Qing Dynasty (between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries), focusing on the reformists’ contentions and the literary trend henceforth. The discussion of the achievements of New Fiction focuses on the overall literary development and the writers who were influenced but not restricted by the common practice of the time.]

Published: Jan 29, 2021

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