Research On Zhou Shoujuan's Literary Editing Activities

Zhou Shoujuan,as one of the main representatives of the Love Birds and Butterfly genre,is an influential editor in the field of modern Chinese popular literature.His literary editing activities began in the 1910s and ended before the founding of the People's Republic of China.His editing career lasted for more than two decades.There are many publications with significant influences edited by Zhou Shoujuan,such as "Saturday","Declaration·Free Talk","Declaration·Spring and Autumn","Half Moon","Violet","Purple Orchid Film",etc.The editing time of these publications is concentrated in the 1920s,occupying half in the field of popular literature and in the mass culture market.This article takes Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing activities as the research object,and then summarizes Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing thoughts,and summarizes Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing ideas in modern and contemporary literature history.Try to explore the positive influence and limitation of Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing activities in the field of popular literature.The full text includes three parts:introduction,text and conclusion.The introduction mainly introduces the research status of the Love Birds and Butterfly genre in the history of rewriting literature in the 1980s,as well as research the status of Zhou Shoujuan,one of the "five tigers," in the context of the popular literature being addressed.Clarify the innovation and significance of this research.The text including four chapters.The first chapter systematically introduces the background of Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing activities.Firstly,taking Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China as the research object,integrates the social environment and newspaper environment in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,expounds the background of the founding boom of popular literature journals in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,and puts case studies into the overall environment;Next,analyzes the origin and important role of the literary scholars of the Love Birds and Butterfly genre in the Shanghai newspaper industry.Finally,introduces the life background and regional background of Zhou Shoujuan,the representative of the Love Birds and Butterfly genre.And he devoted his life to editing.The second chapter classifies the literature editing practice of Zhou Shoujuan.According to the category characteristics of more than 20 years of publications,it is divided into major newspaper supplementary journals,self-published journals,and other journals.Based on a comprehensive and systematic collection of historical data,research the development process,content,and characteristics of representative publications.The major newspaper supplements researched two supplements of " China Times" edited by Zhou Shoujuan:"Free Talk" and "Spring and Autumn",demonstrating his ability to edit entertainment supplements of newspapers;Self-published journals research on four publications independently founded by Zhou Shoujuan:"Half-moon","Violet","Purple Orchid","optimistic",explaining the success and failure of personal publication;Other publications listed and analyzed several publications co-edited by Zhou Shoujuan and others,Pictorials such as "Saturday","Game World",and "Shanghai Pictorial"ect.,explored his distinctive features in the co-editing.The third chapter explores and analyzes Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing thoughts.Zhou Shoujuan's three major literary editing ideas are the editing standards that meet market needs,the aesthetic editing guidelines,and the editing ideas that closely follow social hotspots.Zhou Shoujuan's editing thoughts formed in her many years of editing activities,from sprout to maturity,are reflected in various publications.According to the specific historical data in the publications,observe Zhou Shoujuan's clear editing thoughts.The fourth chapter analyzes the significance and limitations of Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing activities.First,it analyzes the many positive effects of the publications compiled by Zhou Shoujuan.These publications have played a role in promoting the history of modern Chinese popular literature.They are of great significance to the overall picture of new and old literature and the modern mass cultural market.The editing concept is worth learning from.Second,it analyzes the limitations of Zhou Shoujuan's literary editing activities.The conclusion summarize the full text,based on the overall style of the development of modern Chinese literature,and point out the historical position of Zhou Shoujuan and his publications in the development of modern Chinese popular literature.