Analysis of Chinese Modernity through Lu Xun’s Works

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Analysis of Chinese Modernity through Lu Xun’s Works

Yuchen Xiao 1*
  • 1 Ji Shan high school, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, 312000    
  • *corresponding author jokyshaw1113@163.com
CHR Vol.3
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-29-4
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-30-0

Abstract

China experienced more than 2,000 years of an imperial system, and finally, the Xinhai Revolution broke out in 1911, ending the imperial system. Because of this turning point, China slowly moved from tradition to modernity. Then came the May Fourth Movement and the New Culture Movement, which brought the wave of China's modernization to its peak, driven by writers and writers, Lu Xun being the most prominent representative. Drawing on the research results of scholars at home and abroad, this paper discusses the modernity expressed in Lu Xun's works. Starting from some of Lu Xun's well-known works, this paper combines the transformation of Lu Xun's works in structure and content to study how Lu Xun's works shift from tradition to modernity. In the end, this paper yielded the result: the new form of modern novels established by Lu Xun's novels is the result of drawing lessons from foreign novel forms and Chinese traditional literary and artistic experience, combined with his unruly creativity, to achieve the unity of "inheriting tradition" and "breaking through tradition".

Keywords:

Tradition, modernity, Lu Xun, modern China, ideological emancipation

Xiao,Y. (2023). Analysis of Chinese Modernity through Lu Xun’s Works. Communications in Humanities Research,3,930-934.
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References

[1]. Lu Xun, The south cavity is transferred to the north, People's Literature Publishing House, 2000.

[2]. Lu Xun, Hometown, Published by Beijing Xinchao Society, 1923.

[3]. Lu Xun, Medicine, Chinese Culture Publishing House, 2013.

[4]. Lu Xun, Mistress Xiang Lin, extracted from Hesitating, published by Beijing Beixin Book Company, 1926.

[5]. Lu Xun, Writing under the lamp, extracted from Whoop, Million Volumes Publishing Company, 2021.

[6]. Lu Xun, Grave, Yilin press, 2018.

[7]. Lu Xun, Collection of Southern Cavity and Northern Transfer, People's Literature Publishing House, 2000.

[8]. Lu Xun, Whoop, Published by Beijing Xinchao Society, 1923.

[9]. Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman, China Commercial Press, 2018.

[10]. Lu Xun, Bringing Doctrine, Essays by Yijieting, Jiangxi Education Press, 2019.

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Xiao,Y. (2023). Analysis of Chinese Modernity through Lu Xun’s Works. Communications in Humanities Research,3,930-934.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 1

ISBN：978-1-915371-29-4(Print) / 978-1-915371-30-0(Online)
Editor：Faraz Ali Bughio, David T. Mitchell
Conference website: https://www.icihcs.org/
Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Communications in Humanities Research
Volume number: Vol.3
ISSN：2753-7064(Print) / 2753-7072(Online)

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References

[1]. Lu Xun, The south cavity is transferred to the north, People's Literature Publishing House, 2000.

[2]. Lu Xun, Hometown, Published by Beijing Xinchao Society, 1923.

[3]. Lu Xun, Medicine, Chinese Culture Publishing House, 2013.

[4]. Lu Xun, Mistress Xiang Lin, extracted from Hesitating, published by Beijing Beixin Book Company, 1926.

[5]. Lu Xun, Writing under the lamp, extracted from Whoop, Million Volumes Publishing Company, 2021.

[6]. Lu Xun, Grave, Yilin press, 2018.

[7]. Lu Xun, Collection of Southern Cavity and Northern Transfer, People's Literature Publishing House, 2000.

[8]. Lu Xun, Whoop, Published by Beijing Xinchao Society, 1923.

[9]. Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman, China Commercial Press, 2018.

[10]. Lu Xun, Bringing Doctrine, Essays by Yijieting, Jiangxi Education Press, 2019.

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