MCLC: literary youth?
Denton, Kirk
denton.2 at osu.edu
Thu Dec 29 10:06:56 EST 2011
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From: michel hockx (mh17 at soas.ac.uk)
Subject: literary youth?
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Dear MCLC List Members,
I am interested in the history and connotations of the term wenxue
qingnian 文学青年. I normally translate it as "literary youth" but I am not
sure how much sense that term makes in English. I have seen the Chinese
term used in various ways, some referring specifically to a particular
decade (usually the 1980s), others encompassing a wider range of different
periods. I also noticed that the term can be used in self-reference, i.e.
people writing about themselves saying things like "I am a literary youth."
Is anyone aware of any good studies of this term/phenomenon, either in
Chinese or in English?
Regards, season's greetings,
Michel Hockx
SOAS, London
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