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A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920)Swaying Between Philistinism and Sublimity

A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920): Swaying Between Philistinism and... [The confrontation and compromise between popular fictions and serious fictions (or experimental fictions, literati fictions, and sublime fictions) is undoubtedly an important force to push forward the development of Chinese fictions in the twentieth century. The genre of fiction had been much peripheral in Chinese literature with no differentiation of philistinism or sublimity. When it came to the new novelists like Liang Qichao who hoisted it to as much a higher position as “the superior of literature as a whole”, people came to see the contradiction between popular fictions and serious fictions. The contradiction came into being during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republican period when it was just seen as a misty beginning with no typical characteristics at all, which is discussed here roughly as a whole with a focus of its function in relation to the development of Chinese fictions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920)Swaying Between Philistinism and Sublimity

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Peking University Press 2021
ISBN
978-981-33-4888-2
Pages
77 –97
DOI
10.1007/978-981-33-4889-9_4
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Abstract

[The confrontation and compromise between popular fictions and serious fictions (or experimental fictions, literati fictions, and sublime fictions) is undoubtedly an important force to push forward the development of Chinese fictions in the twentieth century. The genre of fiction had been much peripheral in Chinese literature with no differentiation of philistinism or sublimity. When it came to the new novelists like Liang Qichao who hoisted it to as much a higher position as “the superior of literature as a whole”, people came to see the contradiction between popular fictions and serious fictions. The contradiction came into being during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republican period when it was just seen as a misty beginning with no typical characteristics at all, which is discussed here roughly as a whole with a focus of its function in relation to the development of Chinese fictions.]

Published: Jan 29, 2021

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