Hu Feng : a Marxist intellectual in a communist state, 1930-1955 / Ruth Y. Y. Hung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hung, Ruth Y. Y. (Ruth Yu Yui), 1979- author.

Series:

SUNY series in Global Modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--Political aspects--20th century.

Chinese literature.

Criticism--Political aspects--China.

Criticism.

Chinese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

China--Intellectual life--20th century.

China.

China--Politics and government--20th century.

Hu, Feng, 1902-1985.

Hu, Feng.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2020]

Summary:

In this book, Ruth Y. Y. Hung provides a study of Hu Feng (1902–1985) as a critic, writer, and editor within the context of the People's Republic of China's political ascendancy. A member of the Japanese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party, Hu rose to fame in the 1940s and became a representative persecuted intellectual soon after 1949. "The Hu Feng Case" of 1955—more than a decade before the Cultural Revolution—was a significant, large-scale campaign of intellectual persecution. Hung examines Hu's work as a literary critic in this context, and examines the intricate historical and sociopolitical forces against which intellectuals in his milieu in twentieth-century China adopted Marxism as a measure of their critical position. She demonstrates how this first generation of modern Chinese literary critics practiced criticism, examining the skills and arguments they used to negotiate their institutional and ideological relations with state-party power. This exceptional case of intellectual engagement offers broader insight on critical literature's humanistic aims and methods in the context of intellectual globalization and changing political climates.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note On Translations

Introduction

Foolishness and Consciousness

The Path of Lu Xun

Criticism as Contest

The Problematics of Literary Subjectivism

Time has Begun

The Hu Feng Incident Revisited

Epilogue

Chronology of Hu Feng’s Life 1902–1985

List of Chinese Names and Terms

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438479552

1438479557