 | Visions of Dystopia in China''s New Historical Novels Subjects: Historical fiction Chinese -- History and criticism; Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Dystopias in literature; The epic narratives of modern Chinese fiction feature graphic depictions of sex and violence and dark, raunchy comedy, and these novels deeply reflect China's turbulent recent history Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor of history at St. John's University in New York City. His intellectual history and biographical writings focus on the early twentieth-century writings of Shen Congwen, Xiao Qian, Chen Xuezhao, and their contemporaries. He has also written on recent Chinese fiction about crime, corruption, and the law. He is the author of Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist China: The Return of the Political Novel and Chinese Justice, the Fiction: Law and Literature in Modern China , and the translator of Selected Short Stories of Shen Congwen . |
