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Full referenceNg, Mau-sang, “A Common People's Literature: Popular Fiction and Social Change in Republican Shanghai” (1995)
TypeJournal article
Author(s)Ng, Mau-sang
Title“A Common People's Literature: Popular Fiction and Social Change in Republican Shanghai”
Year1995
JournalEast Asian History
Number9
Start page1
End page22
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Keywordsculture; literature
AbstractMuch popular literature produced in China in the early 20th century was first serialized in newspapers. Rapid urbanization in this period created a consciousness of cultural disjunction, and popular literature sought to provide urban readers with a sense of identity and community. Thus, the texts employed narrative styles that signified continuity with the past while fixing aspects of the new landscape into a relationship with this symbolic past. A close reading of the extremely popular Begonia (Qiuhaitang) by Qin Shouou illustrates the community-building function of China's popular writing and how it was carried out.
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