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Modernism and the nativist resistance : contemporary Chinese fiction from Taiwan / Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chang, Sung-sheng, 1951-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese fiction--Taiwan--History and criticism.
- Chinese fiction.
- Chinese fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive English-language study of literary trends in the fiction of Taiwan over the last forty years, this pioneering work explores a rich tradition of literary Modernism in its shifting relationship with Chinese politics and culture. Situating her subject in its historical context, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang traces the connection between Taiwan's Modernists and the liberal scholars of pre-Communist China. She discusses the Modernists' ambivalent relationship with contemporary Taiwan's conservative culture, and provides a detailed critical survey of the strife between th
- Contents:
- The Rise of the Modernist Trend
- Appropriations of Literary Modernism
- Modernists Reaching Maturity: Cultural Critique and Textual Strategies
- The Nativist Resistance to Modernism
- Conclusion: Entering a New Era.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613062833
- 9781283062831
- 1283062836
- 9780822382591
- 0822382598
- OCLC:
- 191222294
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