| China New Literature Collection 1917-1927 is a milestone in the history of Chinese modern literature. It not only has preserved abundant valuable documentation for the new literature, but also has produced a profound effect upon the writing of Chinese modern literature history.Zhou Zuoren, as the editor of Essay Series No. One, traces the origin of essay, probes the trend of essay and pursues the artistry of essay in the introduction by his broad cultural vision and in-depth artistic view, which has the general and surveying influence of a master. Yu Dafu, as the editor of Essay Series No. Two, legalizes, classifies, interprets and theorize the essay by his profound knowledge and straight personality, analyzes essayists with his unique aesthetic experience involved, which is kind of comment from the angle of a talent with intensive comprehension.Two prefaces to Essay Series plays an important role in the construction of modern prose theory, meanwhile, it has a deep influence on the practice of prose writing, and particular value and significance in China's contemporary prose history. |
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