The heated conversations about Fang Fang's "Tu Ziqiang's Personal Sorrow" among the author, readers and critics are a typical example of the bottom literature which emerged in the 1990s. Starting with the controve...The heated conversations about Fang Fang's "Tu Ziqiang's Personal Sorrow" among the author, readers and critics are a typical example of the bottom literature which emerged in the 1990s. Starting with the controversies aroused by the novella, this paper discusses the relationships among literary creation, criticism and theory in the bottom writing. The problem of the social bottom is not only an economic or political problem, but also such a complicated cultural problem that has attracted increasing attention in the field of human science. As it were, around the problem of the bottom class, a new public field integrating different kinds of writing forms and various theoretical materials is formed. The Benign interaction among literary creation, criticism and theory will both benefit to the overall development of literature and provide resources for the theoretical construction.展开更多
Manipulation always means a kind of extraordinary alteration for some purposes. All translation implies a degree of manipulation of the source text for a certain purpose. Liang Shih-chiu's literary translation serves...Manipulation always means a kind of extraordinary alteration for some purposes. All translation implies a degree of manipulation of the source text for a certain purpose. Liang Shih-chiu's literary translation serves for his literary creation which aims to promote colloquialism and to construct New Literature in the May Fourth Movement. Literary translation is the foundation of literary creation, or rather, its important strategy. The paper, from the perspective of Manipulation Theory, analyzes the purpose and strategy of Liang Shih-chiu's literary translation and explores the influence of his literary translation upon his literary creation in terms of ideology, poetics and patronage.展开更多
The rapid development of Internet literature not only made itself the source of information about animation and the gaming industry,but also boosted the creation of super writers who are now establishing themselves as...The rapid development of Internet literature not only made itself the source of information about animation and the gaming industry,but also boosted the creation of super writers who are now establishing themselves as IP(intellectual property)producers and providers.Rather than creating literary classics,these writers prefer producing commercial novels targeted at a certain group of readers.Meanwhile,the structure of their works tends to cater to the preferences of online games and animation,with the narrative and characters in the novel adjusting accordingly.These changes have enhanced the influence of Internet literature.But an excessive emphasis on IP gradually converts the novels into scripts for games with highly stereotyped content and structure.Fastpaced writing also renders their works with a lack of polish,including such serious problems as mismatched plots and repetitive narratives.Therefore,Internet literature is in urgent need of positive guidance,as its development will be stalled due to the excessive emphasis on IP.展开更多
It is an important proposition of contemporary realist literature creation to be close to the mundane lifestyles in reality and write about the Chinese experience.From the far-reaching heroic narration of the early ye...It is an important proposition of contemporary realist literature creation to be close to the mundane lifestyles in reality and write about the Chinese experience.From the far-reaching heroic narration of the early years,to the Chinese stories since the 21st century,the realist literature creation deals with the mundane daily life,showing a turn towards worldly feelings.Liang Xiaosheng's novel A Lifelong Journey extends the perspective to the living space of ordinary people in the cities.Unlike the epic depiction of"regretless heroes"in the zhiqing novels from his earlier years,Liang makes a shift to the writing of worldly feelings about the warmth in reality.While writing about the hardships in reality,this novel continues to construct stories of good people and adheres to the ethical positioning of good people culture.The two generate a conflict with each other throughout the text,forming the narrative tension.However,governed by the emotional structure of the good people culture,the novel lacks the expression of complex human nature while putting a focus on the mundane existence.展开更多
The emergence of the practice of quoting The Classic of Poetry(Shijing)is the result of a separation in the ethical function of rites and music.At first,quoting the Poetry is a means to correct people’s pronunciation...The emergence of the practice of quoting The Classic of Poetry(Shijing)is the result of a separation in the ethical function of rites and music.At first,quoting the Poetry is a means to correct people’s pronunciations,but gradually its function changes from the rectification of sound to the rectification of social norms,and by the time of the Warring States period,Qin dynasty,and Han dynasty,the expression"the Poetry says''(Shiyue)has become an emblem of social values through which the writer justifies his own arguments.But although more than 400 cases of such use of the Poetry can be found in Han rhapsodies(Fu),none of the rhapsody-titled works contain expressions such as“the Poetry says•”On the one hand,this results from the sound and rhythmical requirements of chanting the rhapsody.On the other,this shows the gradual reawakening of the writers’self-consciousness in a period when old political and social orders are restored.This stylistic change releases the creative energy of the literary language that helps reconstruct the artistic conception of rhapsodies and stimulates the emergence and flourishing of new literary genres such as five-syllable-line poetry(Wuyanshi),seven-syllable-line poetry(Qiyanshi),parallel prose(Piantiwen),and Chu-style prose(Saotiwen).展开更多
DEAR EDITOR, I am interested in contemporary Chinese women’s fiction, but rarely get the opportunity to hear about recent publications. Your magazine would be doing global readers a great service by publishing review...DEAR EDITOR, I am interested in contemporary Chinese women’s fiction, but rarely get the opportunity to hear about recent publications. Your magazine would be doing global readers a great service by publishing reviews of books written by modern Chinese women.展开更多
Poverty alleviation is a critical battlefield of this era and this historic event has been timely and powerfully reflected and expressed in literary creations.In recent years,many influential literary works with the t...Poverty alleviation is a critical battlefield of this era and this historic event has been timely and powerfully reflected and expressed in literary creations.In recent years,many influential literary works with the theme of poverty alleviation have emerged,which focus on teling the story of China's system,shaping new characters in the New Era,and depicting a realistic view of rural transformation,so as to inject fresh content into contemporary literature and form a beautiful landscape of current Chinese literature.展开更多
基金Acknowledgements: This paper was sponsored by China National Social Science Foundation "Research on the Fundamental Problems of the Contemporary Aesthetics and Criticism Patterns" (15ZDB023).
文摘The heated conversations about Fang Fang's "Tu Ziqiang's Personal Sorrow" among the author, readers and critics are a typical example of the bottom literature which emerged in the 1990s. Starting with the controversies aroused by the novella, this paper discusses the relationships among literary creation, criticism and theory in the bottom writing. The problem of the social bottom is not only an economic or political problem, but also such a complicated cultural problem that has attracted increasing attention in the field of human science. As it were, around the problem of the bottom class, a new public field integrating different kinds of writing forms and various theoretical materials is formed. The Benign interaction among literary creation, criticism and theory will both benefit to the overall development of literature and provide resources for the theoretical construction.
文摘Manipulation always means a kind of extraordinary alteration for some purposes. All translation implies a degree of manipulation of the source text for a certain purpose. Liang Shih-chiu's literary translation serves for his literary creation which aims to promote colloquialism and to construct New Literature in the May Fourth Movement. Literary translation is the foundation of literary creation, or rather, its important strategy. The paper, from the perspective of Manipulation Theory, analyzes the purpose and strategy of Liang Shih-chiu's literary translation and explores the influence of his literary translation upon his literary creation in terms of ideology, poetics and patronage.
基金This article is funded by“Research on the realization of‘Realism-directed Transformation’in fictional Internet literature”of Sichuan Internet Literature Development Center(w222379).
文摘The rapid development of Internet literature not only made itself the source of information about animation and the gaming industry,but also boosted the creation of super writers who are now establishing themselves as IP(intellectual property)producers and providers.Rather than creating literary classics,these writers prefer producing commercial novels targeted at a certain group of readers.Meanwhile,the structure of their works tends to cater to the preferences of online games and animation,with the narrative and characters in the novel adjusting accordingly.These changes have enhanced the influence of Internet literature.But an excessive emphasis on IP gradually converts the novels into scripts for games with highly stereotyped content and structure.Fastpaced writing also renders their works with a lack of polish,including such serious problems as mismatched plots and repetitive narratives.Therefore,Internet literature is in urgent need of positive guidance,as its development will be stalled due to the excessive emphasis on IP.
基金Jiangxi Provincial Social Science Planning Project"Research and Reflection on the'Modern Literary Tradition'of Literature in the New Era"(Project No.19WXo2).
文摘It is an important proposition of contemporary realist literature creation to be close to the mundane lifestyles in reality and write about the Chinese experience.From the far-reaching heroic narration of the early years,to the Chinese stories since the 21st century,the realist literature creation deals with the mundane daily life,showing a turn towards worldly feelings.Liang Xiaosheng's novel A Lifelong Journey extends the perspective to the living space of ordinary people in the cities.Unlike the epic depiction of"regretless heroes"in the zhiqing novels from his earlier years,Liang makes a shift to the writing of worldly feelings about the warmth in reality.While writing about the hardships in reality,this novel continues to construct stories of good people and adheres to the ethical positioning of good people culture.The two generate a conflict with each other throughout the text,forming the narrative tension.However,governed by the emotional structure of the good people culture,the novel lacks the expression of complex human nature while putting a focus on the mundane existence.
基金the Start-up Research Grant(2020-00005-FAH)sponsored by the University of Macao,and the Major projects of the National Social Science Foundation of China(No.17ZDA249).
文摘The emergence of the practice of quoting The Classic of Poetry(Shijing)is the result of a separation in the ethical function of rites and music.At first,quoting the Poetry is a means to correct people’s pronunciations,but gradually its function changes from the rectification of sound to the rectification of social norms,and by the time of the Warring States period,Qin dynasty,and Han dynasty,the expression"the Poetry says''(Shiyue)has become an emblem of social values through which the writer justifies his own arguments.But although more than 400 cases of such use of the Poetry can be found in Han rhapsodies(Fu),none of the rhapsody-titled works contain expressions such as“the Poetry says•”On the one hand,this results from the sound and rhythmical requirements of chanting the rhapsody.On the other,this shows the gradual reawakening of the writers’self-consciousness in a period when old political and social orders are restored.This stylistic change releases the creative energy of the literary language that helps reconstruct the artistic conception of rhapsodies and stimulates the emergence and flourishing of new literary genres such as five-syllable-line poetry(Wuyanshi),seven-syllable-line poetry(Qiyanshi),parallel prose(Piantiwen),and Chu-style prose(Saotiwen).
文摘DEAR EDITOR, I am interested in contemporary Chinese women’s fiction, but rarely get the opportunity to hear about recent publications. Your magazine would be doing global readers a great service by publishing reviews of books written by modern Chinese women.
文摘Poverty alleviation is a critical battlefield of this era and this historic event has been timely and powerfully reflected and expressed in literary creations.In recent years,many influential literary works with the theme of poverty alleviation have emerged,which focus on teling the story of China's system,shaping new characters in the New Era,and depicting a realistic view of rural transformation,so as to inject fresh content into contemporary literature and form a beautiful landscape of current Chinese literature.