From “Modernism” to “Post-modernism”—Fission of Literature, Arts and Society

Xin, Qi

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This chapter tells us about the developments in literature and art circles in the twentieth century, and differences from their classical predecessors.

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1.
“…features of the time”: Wang Ning, “Translation Afterword”, Approaching Postmodernism, D. Fokkema &H. Bertens Ed., Shu Xin press, 1992, p. 318.
2.
“…starts to take shape”: Ihab Hassan, The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, p. 110.
3.
“…to realistic literature”: Wang Ning, “Translation Afterword”, Approaching Postmodernism, D. Fokkema & H. Bertens Ed., Shu Xin press, 1992, p. 325.
4.
“…have gone away”: Wang Yuechuang, Study on the Culture of Postmodernism, Peking University Publishing House, 1992, p. 404.
5.
“…night once more”: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.
6.
“…of individual life”: Wang Xiaoming, “Walk out of the Literary and Spiritual Dilemma,” Dushu, October, 1997, p. 63.
7.
“…abstractionist painting”: Bao Shidu, Western Modernist Art, China Youth Publishing House, 1993, p. 166.
8.
“…work in factories”: Mary Hollingsworth, Human Art History, Chung Hwa Book Co., (H.K.) Ltd., 1991, p. 461.
9.
“…through aural sense”: George Sadoul, History of Film Art, China Film Press, 1957, p. 165.
10.
“…walked into our rooms”: Rudolf Arnheim, Film as Art, China Film Press, 1986, p. 159.
11.
“…serious psychological imbalance”: Miao Di, Fan Zhongli, The Study on TV Culture, Beijing Broadcast Institute Press, 1997, p. 262.
12.
“…TV transmission itself”: Ibid, p. 276.

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Xin, Q. (2019). From “Modernism” to “Post-modernism”—Fission of Literature, Arts and Society. In: A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9973-2_8

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