From May Fourth to June Fourth: Fiction and Film in Twentieth-Century China

✍ Scribed by Ellen Widmer (editor); David Der-wei Wang (editor)

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 453
Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series; 9
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

What do Chinese literature and film inspired by the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) have in common with media of the May Fourth movement (1918–1930)? This book demonstrates several shared aims: to liberate narrative arts from aesthetic orthodoxies, to draw on foreign sources for inspiration, and to free individuals from social conformity.

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