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posted on 2019-01-01, 00:00authored byXiangshu Fang, Lijun Bi
This study seeks to redefine the development of Chinese fiction created under the influence of socialist realism from the Soviet Union (1949-1966). Through an in-depth analysis, this study argues that the historical development of Chinese fiction in this period is essentially a part of a continuous development dedicated to modernizing the Chinese consciousness and the Chinese literary tradition in the larger context of worldwide globalization and aesthetic internationalization of national literatures. The treatment of China’s peasantry in the spirit of socialism adds a new dimension to the international trend of socialist realism. The abundance of heroic characters in the fiction analysed in this chapter demonstrates how the maturing Chinese socialist realist literature enriches the repertoire and the trend of socialist realism in the creation of collective proletarian heroism.
History
Title of book
Routledge handbook of modern Chinese literature
Series
Routledge Handbooks
Chapter number
28
Pagination
385 - 396
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
Abingdon, Eng.
ISBN-13
9781138647541
ISBN-10
1138647543
Edition
1st
Language
Eng
Publication classification
B1 Book chapter
Copyright notice
2019, selection and editorial matter, Ming Dong Gu; individual chapters, the contributors