tailieunhanh - "Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature" by Li-hua Ying - Part 3

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature 3 presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature. | xx CHRONOLOGY 2005 Ba Jin dies. Zhang Jie Zong Pu and others win the Mao Dun Literature Prize. Bi Feiyu Wang Anyi Jia Pingwa Shi Tiesheng and others win the Lu Xun Literature Prize. A Private Life a translation of Chen Ran s 1996 novel Siren shenghuo published. 2006 Tie Ning elected president of the Chinese Writers Association the first woman to hold that position. The Chinese Poetry of Bei Dao 1978-2000 Resistance and Exile published. 2007 My South Seas Sleeping Beauty A Tale of Memory and Longing a translation of Zhang Guixing s Wo sinian de chang mian zhong de nan guo gongzhu The Old Capital A Novel of Taipei a translation of Zhu Tienxin s story collection Gu Du and Cries in the Drizzle a translation of Yu Hua s novel Zai xiyu zhong huhuan published. 2008 Chi Zijian Yu Jian Han Shaogong and others win the Mao Dun Literature Prize. The Song of Everlasting Sorrow A Novel of Shanghai a translation of Wang Anyi s 1999 novel Changhen ge published. 2009 Liang Yusheng dies. Zhang Ailing s novel Xiao tuanyuan A Small Reunion published. Introduction Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale. It is solidly an integral part of world literature for from the moment it was born it has been in dialogue with its counterparts from the rest of the world. As it has been challenged and enriched by external influences it has contributed to the wealth of literary culture of the world. Gone are the days when a Western reader picked up a book of modern Chinese literature for nonliterary reasons and when Chinese novels or poems were treated as sociopolitical documents. Nowadays it is more likely that readers appreciate a Chinese novel because it is a great piece of art not simply because it provides knowledge and information about Chinese society and politics. Indeed the best literature written in Chinese is on a par with the best literature written in any other .