Routledge Companion to Ba Jin

Chen Chang is an assistant professor at Tongji University, China. Dr Chang’s research focuses on Chinese contemporary literature. Previous publications include The River of Time: The Life Climate of Chinese Modern Writers.Liu Tianyi is a Doctor of Literature at Fudan University, China, and a young critic. His research focuses on 20th-century literary history, Ba Jin, and left-wing literature, and engages in literary criticism and novel creation.Chen Sihe is a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, China. He is a Special-Appointed Professor of the "Changjiang Scholars Program" with the Ministry of Education and Library Director at Fudan University. He is an expert on Ba Jin, the history of 20th-century Chinese literature, and the relationship between Chinese and foreign literature.

• Part I: The Brief Biography of Ba Jin1.The Brief Biography of Ba Jin Liu TianyiPart II: An Overview of Studies on Ba Jin2. Ba Jin’s Creation in Russia Rodionov3. Ba Jin’s Acceptance in France Angel Pino4. Overview of Ba Jin Research in Japan Kondo Mitsuo5. Review of Ba Jin Research Li Cunguang6. Several Issues in Ba Jin Research Chen Sihe7. Summary of Eight Years since Ba Jin’s Former Residence Open Li XiufangPart III: Studies on Ba Jin in China8. From Lu Xun to Ba Jin: Discussion on Ba Jin’s Significance in the History of Modern Literature Chen Sihe9. Personality Forging: The Road Ahead Will be Long and Endless ?Development History of Ba Jin’s Personality Li Cunguang10. Walking at the End of Night ?On Ba Jin’s Ideological Transformation from 1969 to 1980 Hu Jingmin11. Literary Family and Historical "Family" Liu Zhirong12. Garden of Repose: Love Elegy of Confession and Forgiveness Ma Yuhong13. Female Dilemma in Heavy Fence ?Interpreting Ba Jin’s Cold Night with a Feminist Criticism Liu Huiying14. Significance of Random Thoughts in the History of Thought Li Hui15. Publishing Thought and Publishing Theory of Ba Jin Sun Jing16. Literary Memory of Half a Century Zhou LiminPart IV: Studies on Ba Jin Abroad17. About Destruction ?Meaning of Ba Jin’s "Exile" Sakai Hirobumi18. A Study of Ba Jin’s Correspondence with European and American Anarchists Yamaguchi Mamoru19. Talking about Family, The Garden of Repose and Cold Night Kubin20. "The Original of the Film" ?On the Background of the Publication of the First German Translation of Family, Ba Jin’s NovelAlexander Saechtig21. Contradiction between National Discourse and Personal Discourse ?Centering on Ba Jin’s works during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid KoreaPark Nan Young22. Random Thoughts ?The Process of Seeking and Recovering Self-Image Lee Siching23. Ba Jin’s Garden of Repose and Rousseau’s The New HeloiseTanguy Ramino24. Discussion on Creation Process and Significance of From Capitalism to AnarchismShintani Hideaki