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The first English translation of one of the most authoritative and significant studies in the field of modern Chinese literature.
List of contents
List of figures; Introduction to the English edition Susan Daruvala; Introduction; 1. Buds of Chinese modern popular fiction; 2. The new trend of popular tabloids in Shanghai between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century; 3. The first wave of Chinese modern literary periodicals: from 1902 to 1907; 4. 1903: outset year of the late-Qing lovels of condemnation; 5. After 1906: popularity of the novels of sentiments and the novels of grievance; 6. The second wave of modern literary periodicals in China: from 1909 to 1917; 7. Relationship between the change of the dynasty and the thriving of historical romances; 8. 1916: introduction of problem stories and solicitation of Shanghai inside stories; 9. Fiction Monthly's reorganization and the third wave of the publication of popular periodicals; 10. A new way towards the humanization of brothel novels in the 1920s; 11. Novelists on martial arts in the early phase of the Republic of China in the 1920s; 12. Social novelists who left marks on urban legends in the 20s; 13. Urban local-colored novels: a characteristic of modern popular literature; 14. Craze for movies and pictorials in the 1920s; 15. Establishment of the Chinese-style detective fiction in the 1920s; 16. Rapid rise of popular literature in Northern China in the 1920s and the 1930s; 17. Martial arts novels in Northern China before and after the defeat of the Japanese invaders; 18. Social fiction writers of various levels from the 1930s to the 1940s in Shanghai; 19. Popularity of the new popular fiction in the 1940s; 20. Explorations needed into the historical experience and lessons; Appendix. From Chinese to English; Index.
About the author
Fan Boqun (1931–2017) was a scholar of modern Chinese literature. He taught at Suzhou University and at the Chinese Classical Literature Research Center of Fudan.
Summary
This is the first English translation of one of the most authoritative and significant studies of its kind. Utilising a broad range of literary genres from the late Qing through the Republican period, Fan Boqun's innovative, illustrated analysis charts the historical blueprint of modern Chinese popular literature.
