{"product_id":"the-chinese-novel-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9781442631205","title":"The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays reveals the dynamic role of the late Qing novel in the process of modernization of Chinese fiction. Substantial changes in various aspects of the Chinese novel at the turn of the century, demonstrated by structural analyses of several representative novels, suggest that the evolution of modern Chinese fiction was a more complex process than a simple imitation of Western literatures. The results challenge the scholarly consensus that modern Chinese fiction resulted from a radical change brought about by the May Fourth Movement in 1919. It is demonstrated rather that the transformation had already begun in the first decade of the twentieth century and that the conspicuous changes in Chinese fiction of the 1920s represent a culmination rather than a beginning of the modern evolutionary process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book consists of nine studies which analyse the late Qing novel in its general and specific aspects. The introduction and first essay explain how social chang\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408357630295,"sku":"9781442631205","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442631205.jpg?v=1730502578","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-chinese-novel-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9781442631205","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}