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Xia Yan and the Chinese School of Film

  • Shuguang Rao

    Shuguang Rao is a senior researcher affiliated to the Advanced Innovation Center for Future Visual Entertainment at the Beijing Film Academy. He is the president of the China Film Critics Association, and the chair researcher of the China National Social Science Foundation Major Research Project, “A General History of Film in China.”

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    and Mengqiu Zhu

    Mengqiu Zhu is a postgraduate in China Film Culture Institute at the Beijing Film Academy.

    Junru Mo

    Communication University of China

    mo.junru@cuc.edu.cn

    Junru Mo is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Communication Studies at the Communication University of China. Her translation of this academic paper is supported by the China National Social Science Major Research Project “General History of Film Translation in China” (Grant number: 20&ZD313).

Published/Copyright: December 15, 2021
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Abstract

A revolutionary, film theorist, and screenwriter, Xia Yan (1900–1995) is known as one of the pioneers of Chinese cinema. Xia’s pursuit of a national style and international status for Chinese cinema and his aspirations for the prosperity of the Chinese nation are in line with the basic ideas and goals of the nascent “Chinese School of Film.” In the context of the under-theorized and problematic production practices of current Chinese cinema, it is high time to revisit Xia’s professional and academic contributions to cinematic art, which shed light on the construction of both the “Chinese School of Film” and “shared aesthetics.”


Corresponding author: Shuguang Rao, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China, E-mail:

Translated by: Junru Mo, Communication University of China.


About the authors

Shuguang Rao

Shuguang Rao is a senior researcher affiliated to the Advanced Innovation Center for Future Visual Entertainment at the Beijing Film Academy. He is the president of the China Film Critics Association, and the chair researcher of the China National Social Science Foundation Major Research Project, “A General History of Film in China.”

Mengqiu Zhu

Mengqiu Zhu is a postgraduate in China Film Culture Institute at the Beijing Film Academy.

Junru Mo

Communication University of China

Junru Mo is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Communication Studies at the Communication University of China. Her translation of this academic paper is supported by the China National Social Science Major Research Project “General History of Film Translation in China” (Grant number: 20&ZD313).

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Published Online: 2021-12-15
Published in Print: 2021-11-25

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