| Postmodernism and Contemporary Chinese Avant-Garde Fiction Contributor(s): Cai, Yongchun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415823382 ISBN-13: 9780415823388 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2025 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 895 |
| Series: Routledge Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the work of a group of young avant garde fiction writers who made their rebellious appearance on the Chinese literary scene from the mid-1980s onwards. Exhibiting strategies of anti-mainstream, anti-paradigmatic discourse these writers debunked the traditional literary conventions of a hitherto very closed Chinese society using literary modes such as metafiction, narrative strategy and postmodernist language. This book will help its readers to understand why the Chinese avant garde were so closely related to Chinese politics, and how they played a role in bringing social and cultural change in China. With this in mind the book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese and comparative literature as well as those interested in Chinese society more widely. |