history of modern Chinese literature
The history of modern Chinese literature refers to the development of Chinese literature since the 20th century, which has experienced the evolution from traditional literature to modern literature, from realism to realism, and from socialistic literature to liberal literature. At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese literature began to be influenced by Western literature and a new literary movement appeared. From the 1920s to the 1930s, Chinese literature entered the period of the new democratic revolution, and different types of literary works such as red literature and socialistic literature appeared. From the 1940s to the 1950s, Chinese literature experienced a cultural revolution and a period of critical realism. The theme and style of literature changed, and works began to pay attention to social reality and the sufferings of the people. From the 1960s to the 1970s, Chinese literature entered the period of reform and opening up. There were different types of literary works such as scar literature, recovery literature, youth literature, etc. From the 1980s to the 1990s, Chinese literature entered a period of modern and consumer culture, and a large number of novels, poems, and essays that expressed contemporary society appeared. Since the 1900s, Chinese literature had entered the era of new media and modern literature. A large number of literary works, including online literature, fantasy literature, science fiction literature, etc., had appeared on the Internet and mobile phones. In the history of modern Chinese literature, there were many outstanding people such as Lao She, Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Zhang Ailing, Qian Zhongshu, Yang Jiang, Lin Yutang, Lao She, etc. In addition, Chinese literature was also influenced by foreign literature such as shakespeare, dickens, tolstoy, maugham and so on.