Chinese Modern Literature from 1949 Summary

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Chinese Modern Literature from 1949
For the past five decades, Chinese literature has significantly differed in content and form from its earlier literary traditions. Most modern Chinese writers have been extensively influenced by the writing techniques and literary theories of the west. In many cases, these modern writers' general attitude toward the traditional past has been either criticism or renunciation (Yi 77). From 1949, literature on mainland china was primarily focused on talking about ideological battles and political campaigns. May 4th Movement is regarded as the beginning of Chinese new literature and is divided into the contemporary era and the modern era. The modern revolution commenced with the literary revolution that took place in 1917 and ended in 1949. The paper covers the progress of Chinese literature after creating the People's Republic of China in 1949 or simply contemporary literature.
Since 1949, Chinese literature has undergone a changeful and complicated course of development. It has become more close to social life and opened up to the outside life (Han and Moore 7). 1949 to 1965 is the first stage of Chinese literature after the creation of china. One key feature of the new literature is that it inherited the "May 4th" Movement's literary traditions. The literature of 17 years advocated for creative methods that were more socialist realistic (Wang 127). Some of the basic features were that the literature joined a new historical stage. All writers highly spoke of the new society and depicted the new period when people were in charge of the country as shown by significant social changes and manifested by the era's socialist spirit.
The years 1966 to 1976, known as the Cultural Revolution, witnessed massive disruptions to Chinese literature. Significant social damages and turbulences brought forth unexpected and unmatched disasters to literature (Xin 17). Although some literary works were created during this period, political intentions and ideas were transformed directly into literary works. In the country, a more specific political meaning was linked to the accepted works (Yi 67). The approach thoroughly disrupted the progress of literature that was made earlier.
1977 to 1995 coincided with the literature of the new period. During this period, literature was revived and prospered with the ideological emancipation and social development starting from the end of the Cultural Revolution to the beginning of the reform and opening up and 1992 when the country began to implement its socialist market economy plan. Artistic and literary thoughts and creations were very active, and literary styles, forms, and themes were diversified (Xin 17). Other than the realistic trend, the literary creation methods, thoughts, and schools of various parts of the world like surrealism, symbolism, stream of consciou...