This is the first English translation of one of the most authoritative and significant studies of its kind. Utilising a broad range of literary genres from the late Qing through the Republican period, Fan Boqun's innovative, illustrated analysis charts the historical blueprint of modern Chinese popular literature.
This is the first English translation of one of the most authoritative and significant studies of its kind. Utilising a broad range of literary genres from the late Qing through the Republican period, Fan Boqun's innovative, illustrated analysis charts the historical blueprint of modern Chinese popular literature.
Fan Boqun (1931-2017) was a scholar of modern Chinese literature. He taught at Suzhou University and at the Chinese Classical Literature Research Center of Fudan.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures Introduction to the English edition Susan Daruvala Introduction 1. Buds of Chinese modern popular fiction 2. The new trend of popular tabloids in Shanghai between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century 3. The first wave of Chinese modern literary periodicals: from 1902 to 1907 4. 1903: outset year of the late-Qing lovels of condemnation 5. After 1906: popularity of the novels of sentiments and the novels of grievance 6. The second wave of modern literary periodicals in China: from 1909 to 1917 7. Relationship between the change of the dynasty and the thriving of historical romances 8. 1916: introduction of problem stories and solicitation of Shanghai inside stories 9. Fiction Monthly's reorganization and the third wave of the publication of popular periodicals 10. A new way towards the humanization of brothel novels in the 1920s 11. Novelists on martial arts in the early phase of the Republic of China in the 1920s 12. Social novelists who left marks on urban legends in the 20s 13. Urban local-colored novels: a characteristic of modern popular literature 14. Craze for movies and pictorials in the 1920s 15. Establishment of the Chinese-style detective fiction in the 1920s 16. Rapid rise of popular literature in Northern China in the 1920s and the 1930s 17. Martial arts novels in Northern China before and after the defeat of the Japanese invaders 18. Social fiction writers of various levels from the 1930s to the 1940s in Shanghai 19. Popularity of the new popular fiction in the 1940s 20. Explorations needed into the historical experience and lessons Appendix. From Chinese to English Index.
List of figures Introduction to the English edition Susan Daruvala Introduction 1. Buds of Chinese modern popular fiction 2. The new trend of popular tabloids in Shanghai between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century 3. The first wave of Chinese modern literary periodicals: from 1902 to 1907 4. 1903: outset year of the late-Qing lovels of condemnation 5. After 1906: popularity of the novels of sentiments and the novels of grievance 6. The second wave of modern literary periodicals in China: from 1909 to 1917 7. Relationship between the change of the dynasty and the thriving of historical romances 8. 1916: introduction of problem stories and solicitation of Shanghai inside stories 9. Fiction Monthly's reorganization and the third wave of the publication of popular periodicals 10. A new way towards the humanization of brothel novels in the 1920s 11. Novelists on martial arts in the early phase of the Republic of China in the 1920s 12. Social novelists who left marks on urban legends in the 20s 13. Urban local-colored novels: a characteristic of modern popular literature 14. Craze for movies and pictorials in the 1920s 15. Establishment of the Chinese-style detective fiction in the 1920s 16. Rapid rise of popular literature in Northern China in the 1920s and the 1930s 17. Martial arts novels in Northern China before and after the defeat of the Japanese invaders 18. Social fiction writers of various levels from the 1930s to the 1940s in Shanghai 19. Popularity of the new popular fiction in the 1940s 20. Explorations needed into the historical experience and lessons Appendix. From Chinese to English Index.
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