tailieunhanh - "Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature" by Li-hua Ying - Part 5

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature 5 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. | 12 BIAN ZHILIN a story about the sacrifices of the soldiers and officers stationed in Tibet appeared in 1987 and she continued to write about the hardships endured by the Chinese military in the Tibetan plateau especially by women in a predominantly male world. In recent years Bi has been fascinated by the subject of human psychology. Her breakthrough story Yuyue siwang An Appointment with Death examines the experience of patients and their families when faced with incurable illnesses. Her novel Zhengjiu rufang Saving the Breasts explores the effects of breast cancer on women. Many of these works are based on her direct encounters with patients in her medical practice. Her recent novel Nü xinli shi The Female Psychologist tells how a psychologist maintains her professional authority when dealing with her patients who seek her advice while trying to sort out her own messy relationships with her husband and her lover. BIAN ZHILIN 1910-2000 . Poet translator and scholar. Born in Hai-men Jiangsu Province Bian Zhilin studied English at Beijing University and went on to become a Shakespeare scholar and one of the most important poets in modern Chinese literature. While translating Western poetry into vernacular Chinese Bian began writing poetry. His work caught the attention of Xu Zhimo China s most prominent poet at the time who admired Bian s innovative poems. In 1936 Bian collaborated with fellow Beijing University students He Qifang and Li Guangtian on a collection of poetry entitled Hanyuan ji Hanyuan Collection earning them the nickname Three Musketeers of Hanyuan. In addition to writing free verse in the vernacular language Bian explored new ways of writing modern regulated verse. Of all the poems Bian wrote during his career the most memorable is the quatrain entitled Duan Zhang The Broken Chapter composed in 1934. It records the feelings of one single moment with images of a person standing on a bridge looking at a scene and another person or persons standing by