Witness Outside History: Play for Alteration in Modern Chinese Culture

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In “Witness outside History: Play for Alteration in Modern Chinese Culture” Yingjin Zhang points out that modern Chinese writer have reconceptualized history, but modern Chinese literature is still distinctive. While Chinese modernist writing and performances have received little scholarly interest in the west, yet they provide insights on Chinese cultures and history, which have influenced modern Chinese writing. The quest for authenticity in Chinese art is in a globalized modern world has increasingly focused on context to understand literary modernity. Even now Chinese culture and history are closely linked with modernity, and Chinese literature has explored the influence of history and modernity on Chinese culture.
People cannot entirely escape from history even when they believe that significant historical events have no meaningful explaining Chinese cultural traditions ...