The Birth of Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature: Revolutions in Language, History, and Culture

✍ Scribed by Yu Gao (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 210
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This study makes a linguistic case for the twentieth century revolution in Chinese language and literature. It offers a history of reform and change in the Chinese language throughout the country’s history, and focuses on the concept of ‘baihua’, a language reform movement championed by Hu Shi and other scholars which laid the foundation for the May fourth New Literature Movement, the larger New Culture Movement and which now defines modern Chinese. Examining the differences between classical and modern Chinese language systems alongside an investigation into the relevance and impact of translation in this language revolution - notably addressing the pivotal role of May Fourth leader Lu Xun - this book provides a rare insight into the evolution of the Chinese language and those who championed its development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Division of Literary Periods, Theory, and Awareness of Problems (Yu Gao)....Pages 1-15
Language Reform and the Transformation of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (Yu Gao)....Pages 17-47
Critique of Baihua Writing Theory (Yu Gao)....Pages 49-71
The Baihua Movement and Ideological Revolution (Yu Gao)....Pages 73-90
Foreignization and Assimilation: Translated World Literature and Modern Chinese Literature (Yu Gao)....Pages 91-125
Nothing but Culture: The Pen War Between Hu Shi and the Conservative Xueheng School (Yu Gao)....Pages 127-155
Lu Xun’s View of Language, His Writing, and Its Relation to Modern Chinese Literature (Yu Gao)....Pages 157-180
Hu Shi and Lu Xun: Pioneers of Modern Chinese Literature (Yu Gao)....Pages 181-194
Back Matter ....Pages 195-202

✦ Subjects

Languages and Literature

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