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Modern Chinese Literature, Lin Shu and the Reformist Movement: Between Classical and Vernacular Language

Modern Chinese Literature, Lin Shu and the Reformist Movement: Between Classical and Vernacular Language

Guarde-Paz, César

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 981135104X
ISBN13: 9789811351044
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Dec 12 2018
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This Pivot reconsiders the controversial literary figure of Lin Shu and the debate surrounding his place in the history of Modern Chinese Literature. Although recent Chinese mainland research has recognized some of the innovations introduced by Lin Shu, he has often been labeled a 'rightist reformer' in contrast to 'leftist reformers' such as Chen Duxiu and the new wave scholars of the May Fourth Movement. This book provides a well-documented account of his place in the different polemics between these two circles ('conservatives' and 'reformers') and provides a more nuanced account of the different literary movements of the time. Notably, it argues that these differences were neither in content nor in politics, but in the methodological approach of both parties. Examining Lin Shu and the 'conservatives' advocated coexistence of both traditional and modern thought, the book provides background to the major changes occurring in the intellectual landscape of Modern China.

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