Contemporary Chinese Literature : From the Cultural Revolution to the Future

This book offers a fresh and nuanced perspective into contemporary Chinese literature by presenting four authors and cultural bastards--Duo Duo, an underground seer-poet; Wang Shuo, a ''hooligan'' writer; Zhang Chengzhi, an old Red Guard and new cultural heretic; and Wang Xiaobo, a defiant yet melancholy chronicler of a dystopian modern world. It analyzes each of these authors' distinctive (re)visions of a double-faced Chinese modernity against a collective legacy of the Cultural Revolution, and argues for the restoration of a historical horizon of China's transition from the Cultural Revolution to a hybrid moment of the present and future ridden with uncertainties. This Book Offers A Fresh And Nuanced Perspective Into Contemporary Chinese Literature By Presenting Four Authors And Cultural Bastards?duo Duo, An Underground Seer-poet; Wang Shuo, A?hooligan? Writer; Zhang Chengzhi, An Old Red Guard And New Cultural Heretic; And Wang Xiaobo, A Defiant Yet Melancholy Chronicler Of A Dystopian Modern World. It Analyzes Each Of These Authors? Distinctive (re)visions Of A Double-faced Chinese Modernity Against A Collective Legacy Of The Cultural Revolution, And Argues For The Restoration Of A Historical Horizon Of China?s Transition From The Cultural Revolution To A Hybrid Moment Of The Present And Future Ridden With Uncertainties. Introduction : Bastards Of The Cultural Revolution -- Duo Duo : An Impossible Farewell, Or, Exile Between Revolution And Modernism -- Wang Shuo : Playing For Thrills In The Era Of Reform, Or, A Genealogy Of The Present -- Zhang Chengzhi : Striving For Alternative National Forms, Or, Old Red Guard And New Cultural Heretic -- Wang Xiaobo : From The Golden Age To The Iron Age, Or, Writing Against The Gravity Of History -- Epilogue : An Unfinished Bildungsroman. Yibing Huang. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [189]-212) And Index. 9781403979827 Cover 1 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1 Introduction: Bastards of the Cultural Revolution 12 2 Duo Duo: An Impossible Farewell, or, Exile between Revolution and Modernism 30 3 Wang Shuo: Playing for Thrills in the Era of Reform, or, a Genealogy of the Present 74 4 Zhang Chengzhi: Striving for Alternative National Forms, or, Old Red Guard and New Cultural Heretic 116 5 Wang Xiaobo: From the Golden Age to the Iron Age, or, Writing against the Gravity of History 148 6 Epilogue: An Unfinished Bildungsroman 192 Notes 200 Index 224 A 224 B 224 C 224 D 225 E 226 F 226 G 226 H 226 I 226 J 226 K 226 L 226 M 227 N 227 O 227 P 227 R 228 S 228 T 228 U 229 V 229 W 229 X 229 Y 230 Z 230 #,Publisher:,Palgrave,Macmillan,#,Number,Of,Pages:,240,#,Publication,Date:,2007-11-27 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 1 Introduction: Bastards of the Cultural Revolution......Page 12 2 Duo Duo: An Impossible Farewell, or, Exile between Revolution and Modernism......Page 30 3 Wang Shuo: Playing for Thrills in the Era of Reform, or, a Genealogy of the Present......Page 74 4 Zhang Chengzhi: Striving for Alternative National Forms, or, Old Red Guard and New Cultural Heretic......Page 116 5 Wang Xiaobo: From the Golden Age to the Iron Age, or, Writing against the Gravity of History......Page 148 6 Epilogue: An Unfinished Bildungsroman......Page 192 Notes......Page 200 C......Page 224 D......Page 225 L......Page 226 P......Page 227 T......Page 228 X......Page 229 Z......Page 230 This book offers a fresh and nuanced perspective into contemporary Chinese literature by presenting four authors and cultural bastards?Duo Duo, an underground seer-poet; Wang Shuo, a?hooligan? writer; Zhang Chengzhi, an old Red Guard and new cultural heretic; and Wang Xiaobo, a defiant yet melancholy chronicler of a dystopian modern world. It analyzes each of these authors? distinctive (re)visions of a double-faced Chinese modernity against a collective legacy of the Cultural Revolution, and argues for the restoration of a historical horizon of China?s transition from the Cultural Revolution to a hybrid moment of the present and future ridden with uncertainties--Résumé de l'éditeur This book offers a case study of four of the most influential contemporary Chinese writers and ?cultural bastards? - Duoduo, an underground ""misty"" poet; Wang Shuo, a ""hooligan"" writer; Zhang Chengzhi, an old ""Red Guard"" and new ""cultural heretic;"" and Wang Xiaobo, a chronicler of Rabelaisian modern history This title offers a case study of four of the most influential contemporary Chinese writers - Duoduo, an underground 'misty' poet; Wang Shuo, a 'hooligan' writer; Zhang Chengzhi, an old 'Red Guard' and new 'cultural heretic'; and Wang Xiaobo, a chronicler of Rabelaisian modern history