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

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...

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Main Author: Gao, Yu (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Philology.
Linguistics.
Chinese language.
Oriental literature.
ISBN:9781137559364
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Table of Contents:
  • Division of Literary Periods, Theory, and Awareness of Problems
  • Language Reform and the Transformation of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature.- Critique of the Theory on Baihua Writing
  • The Baihua Movement and Ideological Revolution
  • Foreignization and Assimilation: Translated World Literature and Modern Chinese Literature
  • Nothing but Culture: The Pen War between Hu Shi and the Conservative Xueheng School
  • Lu Xun's View of Language, His Writing and Its Relation to Modern Chinese Literature
  • Hu Shi and Lu Xun: Pioneers of Modern Chinese Literature.

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