Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920)

Pingyuan Chen is Professor at Peking University of China, who is also awarded Changjiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education as well as the winner of a number of national awards for his outstanding research achievements in modern Chinese literature, especially to modern Chinese fiction. He has been Visiting Scholar at some of the world’s top universities, such as Harvard University, Columbia University, University of London, French Academy of Oriental languages and Culture, Tokyo University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Chapter One Birth of New Fiction in China.- Chapter Two Inspiration and Simulation from Foreign Fictions.- Chapter Three Commercialization of Fictions and Rise of Book Printing.- Chapter Four Swaying Between Philistinism and Sublimity.- Chapter Five Compound Plot and Scenic Structure.- Chapter Six Coexistence of Classical Chinese and Vernacular Chinese in Fiction Writing.- Chapter Seven From Romances to Officialdom Novels.- Chapter Eight Travelers in Narratives.- Chapter Nine Documentation, Condemnation and Sentimentality.