New Cultural Movement and Elements of the "Newness"

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Institution
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Lu Xun and Rou Shi are some of the best known writers of the early 20th century in China. The two writers spoke on the need for cultural change and what would go wrong if the society did not change. Written at a period when China was trying to shake off Western neo colonialism, the two authors present a deep analysis of the new cultural movement that was emerging and the change of societal views (Schwarcz, 1986). This new cultural movement is well presented in Xun’s Diary of a Madman and Shi’s A Slave Mother.
In the Diary of a Mad Man, Xun talks of a society that did not want to change. In the story, Xun claims that he had been holed up in his house for thirty years. During this period, he did not have much interaction with the outside world, but was shocked when he emerged after thirty years and noticed that things had remained the same as he had left them. Before going into hibernation, the society was filled with cannibals and upon reemerging he realized that these same cannibals were still in existence. According to Xun, their mann...