The Late Qing Dynasty Affairs Novel Study

At the Late Ming Dynasty,current affairs novels suddenly rised,and it formed a climax of creation of current affairs novels,and the academic community paid more attention on the novels,but rarely concerned the current affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty.So,this paper mainly studies systematically the background ,the thoughts and the achievements in art of the novels of current affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty.The first chapter introduce the origin of current affairs novels, analyse the social and political situation of the Late-Qing Dynasty, the development of media, as well as changes in the concept of literary creation, and inspect the contact between them and creation of current affairs novels. The second chapter introduce the subject matter of current affairs novels. According to historical and political condition of Late-Qing Dynasty, the content of current affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty mostly focuses on four themes includes Sino-Japanese War of 1894,Reform Movement of 1898 Led by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao (include Constitutional Movement),the revolutionary movement and the anti-American'Chinese laborers inhibited-treaty campaign, and they encompass all the major political events. The third chapter start with the close connection of affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty and politics, studies political culture that affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty contain, as well as discuss and judge the political significance, critical awareness, the gain and loss of thoughts and arts of current affairs novels. The forth chapter determine the scope of current affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty According to the fictions'bibliography and related documents and historical materials, and briefly reviews the bibliography and version of current affairs novels of Late-Qing Dynasty, involves the words which still keeping in the world and nonexistence (includes the works which only remaining part content).