Download or read book The Genesis of Modern Chinese Literary Criticism (1917–1930) written by Marián Gálik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1980, is a history of modern Chinese literary criticism between the years 1917 and 1930. It examines its development within the overall frame of reference of Chinese national literature from the beginnings of the Chinese literary revolution in 1917 until the end of the first efforts at a revolutionary proletarian literature in 1930. Chinese literary criticism is also analysed within the framework of world literature, of world literary thought, especially of the impact of the progressive literary criticism.