tailieunhanh - "Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature" by Li-hua Ying - Part 29

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature 29 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. | 252 YU JIAN Sanguan in Xu Sanguan mai xue ji is also a sympathetic but unappealing figure. Like Fugui misfortunes reveal the human quality in him. When he is determined to sell his blood all the way to Shanghai to pay for his son s medical treatment he is redeemed as a loving father. In both novels there is an unmistakable indictment of an uncaring system in which the little man pays a heavy price for the smallest pleasures in life. In the same vein Xiongdi Brothers his latest novel tells the moving story of how a family of four formed by a second marriage survives the Cultural Revolution. Yu calls this novel Dickinsonian for its rich description of social mores and human love and spirit. See also ROOT-SEEKING LITERATURE. YU JIAN 1954- . Poet essayist and playwright. Born and raised in Kunming a laid-back city in the southwestern part of the country generally not considered a hotbed for avant-garde literature Yu Jian is one of the few poets who still possess the innovative spirit of Misty poetry. He has written some of the most interesting Chinese experimental poems which are characteristically terse and concrete but ambiguous. He adopts a syntax that contains few adjectives with nouns acting as verbs. Some of his poems are politically provocative notably Ling dang an File 0 The Archive Room published in 1994 in the first issue of the foremost avant-garde literary journal Dajia Great Masters which is based in Kunming. The poem is a biting commentary on dehumanized life in China under the constant watch of the state. From birth to death a Chinese person s life is condensed to a secret file constantly updated and hidden its content unknown to the individual in question. Yu s work lends well to experimental theater. Guanyu Bi an de yici Hanyu cixing taolun A Study of the Linguistic Features of The Other Shore his response to Gao Xingjian s famous play was staged by his friend Mou Sen a renowned experimental theater director. Yu s play takes out the dramatic .