The Genesis of Modern Chinese Literary Criticism (1917–1930)

360 Pages·2022·23.008 MB·English

by  Marián Gálik

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
CHINESE LITERATURE AND ARTS
Volume 15
THE GENESIS OF
MODERN CHINESE
LITERARY CRITICISM
(1917–1930)

THE GENESIS OF
MODERN CHINESE
LITERARY CRITICISM
(1917–1930)
MARIÁN GÁLIK
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MARIAN GALIK
The Genesis of Modern
Chinese Literary Criticism
(1917-1930)
1980
CURZON PRESS • LONDON
VEDA, PUBLISHING HOUSE
OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES • BRATISLAVA
First published 1980
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Translation PETER TKAC
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments VII
Abbreviations VIII
Introduction 1
1 Hu Shih, Chou Tso-jen, Ch'en Tu-hsiu and the Beginning of Modern Chinese
Literary Criticism 9
2 Kuo Mo-jo and his Development from Aesthetico-impressionist to Proletarian
Criticism 28
3 Ch'eng Fang-wu and his Development from Socio-aesthetic to "Total Criti-
cism" 63
4 Yii Ta-fu and his Panaesthetic Criticism 104
5 Teng Chung-hsia, Yiin Tai-ying, Hsiao Ch'u-nii and the Beginning of Con-
cerned Literary Criticism 129
6 Chiang Kuang-tz'u's Theory of Revolutionary Literature 142
7 Ch'ien Hsing-ts'un's Theory of Proletarian Realism and "Literature of
Power" 166
8 Mao Tun's Struggle for a Realistic and Marxist Theory of Literature 191
9 Ch'ii Ch'iu-pai's Russian Example and the Concept of Reality in Literature and
Art 214
10 Lu Hsun's Contribution to the History of Modern Chinese Literary Criticism and
his Struggle for a United Marxist Front 236
11 Liang Shih-ch'iu and Chinese New Humanism 285
12 Feng Nai-ch'ao, Li Ch'u-li and their Leftist Theory of Art and Literature 308
Epilogue 321
Selected Bibliography 327
Index 337

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Kind permission to include previously published material is gratefully acknowl-
edged to the publishers and editors of the Bulletin of the Tokyo Sinological Society
for The Expressionistic Criticism of Kuo Mo-jo, 73, 1967, pp. 23.1-243, and of
Oriens Extremus for The Aesthetico-Impressionistic Criticism of Kuo Mo-jo, 27,
1, 1974, pp. 53-66.
I wish also to thank my friends and colleagues who helped me much with their
critical remarks.