Research On C.T.Hsia's A History Of Modern Chinese Fiction

C.T.HSIA was the first people who summarize the theory and system of Chinese modern literature and introduce it to the West. He was a scholar and researcher with special personality. With culture background of the east and the west, he discovered and analyzed exquisite works with the broad view of comparative literature and special moral concerns of Chinese intellectuals, which created a special narrative way of literature history. From A History of Modern Chinese Literature, the representative works of C.T.HSIA, we want to find out his moral standard and artistic standard in checking works, the special narration style of this book, the arguments aroused by it and its significant influence to the research for modern Chinese literature.C.T.HSIA received The Great Tradition theory of soaking and embracing the truth of life by F. R. Leavis. He chose the writers and works that could promulgate the profound human nature propositions and the moral concerns. He summarized the Chinese Modern Literature spirits of assuming the task of the ideal of the country and moral burdens to the sentiments and worries about the time and the homeland. He believed this spirit was the individuality of Chinese modern literature, and gave more sympathies and approval to it.With tenet of discovery and analysis of exquisite works, linking up New Criticism and the critic sensible reading of ancient China, C.T.HSIA keenly excavated the unique image from the outstanding works and extended it from artistic point of view. He neglected the importance of sympathy arts by the affection of absurd and irony arts .The special Structure and narration style of A History of Modern Chinese Literature has created an open way of literature history writing. Besides novels, it also refers to the trend of the contemporary literary trend of thought, political affairs, and the development of poetry, play and prose. So this book has the significance of literature history.C.T.Hsia put emphasis on the novel text reproduction and the source of writer's works. He tried his best to restore history to its original state. The fusion of rational criticism and the poetry experience demonstrates the author's bright subjective appreciation style.This book initiated a series of arguments, including entanglements about literariness and historicalness, literariness and politics, doubts of Western standard or international view, as well as the gain and loss of aidentification of classics by classical writers , for example of Lu Xun.A History of Modern Chinese Literature has established C.T.Hsia's historical situation in the Western sinology research field, which also has profound influence on the domestic modern literature research. The discussion about recomposition of history of literature, the redefinition of classical works, as well as the thoughts and arguments arising from it still continues, and this classic book will never be forgotten.