Title: Chinese fiction of the Cultural Revolution
First published: 1998
Description: "The book covers the choice of subject matter, authorship and readership of Cultural Revolution fiction. It analyses the characterization of heroes promoted in the literary and artistic field during this period. By comparing Cultural Revolution fiction with the fiction of the preceding period, with Soviet fiction, and with some traditional Chinese and Western fiction, this analysis emphasizes the ideological and cultural significance of the characteristics shown in the heroes personal background and their physical, temperamental and behavioural qualities, etc." "This book will be of significant benefit to both students and scholars of Chinese literature, language and society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Chinese fiction, History and criticism, History, Historia
Places: China
Time periods: Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976, 20th century
LC classification: PL2443 .Y33 1998