Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction: A Literature “Out of the Ruins”? 1
5. 1. From Tradition to Modernity: Intellectual and Peasant in Transition 9
6. 2. Language and Textuality: Toward an Analytical Methodology 36
7. 3. Lu Xun and the Crisis of the Writing Self 53
8. 4. Zhao Shuli: The "Making" of a Model Peasant Writer 100
9. 5. Reassessing the Past in the "New Era": Gao Xiaosheng 146
10. 6. The Post-Modern "Search for Roots" in Han Shaogong, Mo Yan, and Wang Anyi 188
11. Epilogue; or, What Next? 239
12. Chronological List of Major Texts Discussed 259
13. Notes 261
14. Works Cited 293
15. Index 317