Milestones on a Golden Road

Writing for Chinese Socialism, 1945-80

AvRichard King

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Contemporary Chinese Studies

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In Milestones on a Golden Road, Richard King presentspivotal works of fiction produced in four key periods of Chineserevolutionary history: the civil war (1945-49), the Great Leap Forward(1958-60), the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), and the post-Maocatharsis (1979-80). Taking its cues from the Soviet Union'soptimistic depictions of a society liberated by Communism, the officialChinese literature of this era is characterized by grand narratives ofprogress.Addressing questions of literary production, King looks at how writersdealt with shifting ideological demands, what indigenous and importedtraditions inspired them, and how they were able to depict a utopianCommunist future to their readers, even as the present took a verydifferent turn. Early "red classics" were followed by worksfeaturing increasingly lurid images of joyful socialism, and later byfiction exposing the Mao era as an age of irrationality, arbitraryrule, and suffering – a Golden Road that had led to nowhere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Chinese Studies
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774823722

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Richard King is a professor of Chinese studies at theUniversity of Victoria, teaching Chinese literature and film, Asianpopular culture, research methods, and Chinese language. He is theeditor of Art in Turmoil: The Chinese Cultural Revolution,1966-76 (UBC Press, 2010).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Road and the WriterPart 1: The War Years and the Search for Form,1945-481 Ma Feng and Xi Rong, Heroes of Lüliang, and"Revolutionary Popular Literature"2 Zhou Libo, Hurricane, and the Creation of aChinese Socialist RealismPart 2: The Great Leap Forward and the Stuff of Heroism,1959-623 Li Zhun's "A Brief Biography of LiShuangshuang": A Fast-talking Vixen Creates a Village Canteen4 Hu Wanchun's "A Man of OutstandingQuality": Pavel, but not Rita, and certainly not Ingrid, in theShanghai DockyardsPart 3: The Cultural Revolution and the Spirit of Struggle,1972-765 Hao Ran on The Golden Road: Transformationsin Rural China6 Zhang Kangkang at The Dividing Line: A BoldLeap into Troubled WatersPart 4: After Mao: Reversing Judgements,1979-807 Chen Guokai's The Price: The Flood ofTears8 Zhang Yigong's The Story of the Criminal LiTongzhong: Work with the SpadeEpilogue: A Golden Road to Nowhere