Stubborn weeds : popular and controversial Chinese literature after the Cultural Revolution / edited by Perry Link.
Link, E. Perry (Eugene Perry), 1944-
1983
PL2658.E1 S78 1983 (Mapit)
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Title Stubborn weeds : popular and controversial Chinese literature after the Cultural Revolution / edited by Perry Link.
ISBN 0253355125
9780253355126
0253203112 (pbk.)
9780253203113 (pbk.)
Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1983.
Language English
Description 292 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number PL2658.E1 S78 1983
Alternate Call Number EG 9677
Dewey Decimal Classification 895.1/08/005
Summary "The literature of the People's Republic of China became livelier and more varied during the "Thaw" of 1979-80 than at any other time since the revolution. Perry Link, who lived in China during that period, has assembled the most representative examples, as well as those of most interest to Western readers, of "stubborn weeds"--The writing that would not die in spite of the pressures of the Cultural Revolution. The volume includes fiction, drama, poetry, and such popular performing arts as comedians' dialogues and clappertales. The writers range from the prize-winning Jiang Zilong, to the controversial Bai Hua, to university students who wrote under pseudonyms in unofficial publications. These works reveal that literary conventions were stretched and liberalized, in both technique and content. In addition to exposing the injustices of the Cultural Revolution, the writers touch on previously heretical topics such as suicide, poverty, and the corruption of the regime. Perry Link's informative introductions trace the byzantine twists and turns of literary movements in contemporary China and place them in a societal context. Because of its rich reflections of Chinese realities, Stubborn Weeds: Popular and Controversial Chinese Literature after the Cultural Revolution will interest sociologists and political scientists as well as literary scholars and general readers, who will welcomes these authentic views"--Back cover.
Note Ser. statement from jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Available Note Also issued online.
Added Author Link, E. Perry (Eugene Perry), 1944-
Series Chinese literature in translation.
Available in Other Form Stubborn weeds.
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Short stories. The girl who seemed to understand / Liu Zhen
Nightmare
notes from a mother's hand / Xu Hui
Maple / Zheng Yi
What should I do? / Chen Guokai
Cries from death row / Jin Yanhua and Wang Jingquan
A bundle of letters / Bai Hua
Foundation / Jiang Zilong
Two stories from the unofficial press. The little egg girl / Xiao Yi
The sea does not belong to us / An Dong
Poetry. The petitioner and his dependents / Gong Liu
A short stop ; One generation ; Curve ; Feeling ; A walk in the rain / Gu Cheng
"?.!" ; Perhaps / Shu Ting
Two cents / Feng Yu
The new face of Judas / Huang Yongyu
Desert scenes / Wang Zhongcai
Discontent / Luo Gengye
Blossoms on a frosted pane / He Xianquan
Lost identity ; Thinking of you on New Year's Eve ; Temptation ; Five sketches of student life ; Street scene / Qiu Xiaolong
Drama. What if I really were? / Sha Yexin, Li Schoucheng, and Yao Mingde
Popular performing arts. Comedians' dialogues. Bureau chief bureau / Wei Qiping
The multi-level hotel / Ma Ji
The tyrant bids farewell to his mistress / Liu Ziyu
Fast clappertales. Interview in a Moscow kindergarten ; Who's the lucky one? / Liang Houmin
Shandong fast tales. The woolly sheep / Li Hongji
'Ear to the wind' and 'Endless tongue' / Cao Shuyun
Think it over / Chen Jinbo and Liu Junquan.

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