The Chinese essay is arguably China’s most distinctive contribution to modern world literature, and the period of its greatest influence and popularity—the mid-1930s—is the central concern of this book. What Charles Laughlin terms "the literature of leisure" is a modern literary response to the cultural past that manifests itself most conspicuously in the form of short, informal essay writing (xiaopin wen). Laughlin examines the essay both as a widely practiced and influential genre of literary expression and as an important counter-discourse to the revolutionary tradition of New Literature (especially realistic fiction), often viewed as the dominant mode of literature at the time.
After articulating the relationship between the premodern traditions of leisure literature and the modern essay, Laughlin treats the various essay styles representing different groups of writers. Each is characterized according to a single defining activity: "wandering" in the case of the Yu si (Threads of Conversation) group surrounding Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren; "learning" with the White Horse Lake group of Zhejiang schoolteachers like Feng Zikai and Xia Mianzun; "enjoying" in the case of Lin Yutang’s Analects group; "dreaming" with the Beijing school. The concluding chapter outlines the impact of leisure literature on Chinese culture up to the present day.
The Literature of Leisure and Chinese Modernity dramatizes the vast importance and unique nature of creative nonfiction prose writing in modern China. It will be eagerly read by those with an interest in twentieth-century Chinese literature, modern China, and East Asian or world literatures.
Charles A. Laughlin is resident director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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坦白说,这本书的深度足以让一个领域内的资深研究者也感到挑战,但其广度又确保了即便是初涉该领域的读者也能找到切入点。作者在引证方面展现出的扎实功底令人敬佩,参考文献的浩瀚程度本身就是一部小型的研究指南。更令人赞叹的是,他不仅罗列了前人的观点,更在对话中展现出自己独到的批判性眼光,对于既有理论的不足之处,敢于提出令人信服的反思和修正。这种开放的、不断自我迭代的研究姿态,让整本书洋溢着一种积极探索的学术精神,而不是故步自封的知识陈述。它促使我不断反思自己原有的认知边界,是一部真正能推动思考的力作。
评分这本书的内容组织结构简直是教科书级别的典范,逻辑链条清晰得让人拍案叫绝。作者似乎对研究对象有着极其深刻的洞察力,他不是简单地罗列事实或观点,而是将复杂的历史脉络和文化现象编织成一张严密且富有弹性的网。每当我觉得某个论点即将陷入僵局时,作者总能巧妙地引入一个新的视角或一个有力的例证来打破僵局,引领读者进入更深层次的思考。我尤其欣赏其论证的递进方式,从宏观的时代背景切入,逐步聚焦到微观的个体经验,这种层层剥茧的叙事手法,极大地增强了论述的说服力。读完一个章节,我总能感到思维被极大地拓宽了,而不是被既有的框架所束缚,这才是优秀学术著作的真正魅力所在。
评分与许多学院派的著作不同,这本书的语言风格充满了独特的韵律感和叙事张力,读起来竟然有一种令人沉醉的文学性。作者似乎毫不费力地在严谨的学术规范与生动的文字表达之间找到了一个完美的平衡点。他的一些遣词造句非常精妙,既能准确传达晦涩的概念,又能激发读者的想象力。我发现自己时常会因为某个绝妙的比喻或一段掷地有声的陈述而停下来,回味再三。这使得原本可能枯燥的理论探讨,变得鲜活而引人入胜,仿佛作者正坐在我对面,用极富魅力的口吻向我娓娓道来这些复杂的思想。这种将“学识”与“文采”完美融合的能力,非常罕见且令人钦佩。
评分这本书的装帧设计实在太吸引人了,从封面到内页的排版,都透着一股沉静而有力的气质。我拿到手的时候就被那种厚重感和纸张的质感所吸引,这完全不是那种随随便便就能翻完的快餐读物,它需要你静下心来,慢慢品味。书中的字体选择和版式布局也相当讲究,阅读起来非常舒适,即使长时间盯着看也不会感到疲惫。作者在视觉呈现上显然投入了大量心血,这使得整个阅读体验从一开始就充满了仪式感。每一次翻阅,都像是在进行一次对知识的郑重拜访,让人不由自主地放慢脚步,去感受文字背后的深思熟虑。这种对细节的关注,无疑提升了书籍的整体价值,让它不仅仅是内容的载体,更是一件值得收藏的艺术品。
评分这本书带给我的最大冲击,在于它成功地将看似疏离的两个领域——深奥的理论研究与日常生活的细微体验——构建起了一条坚实的桥梁。作者在处理那些高度抽象的议题时,总能精准地锚定到具体的文化场景或社会现象中去,让读者可以真切地感受到这些理论并非空中楼阁,而是深深扎根于历史的土壤之中。这种“在历史中行走”的阅读体验,极大地丰富了我对所讨论主题的理解。我不再仅仅是理解了一个概念,而是仿佛亲历了那个时代的人们在面对特定情境时所经历的思想挣扎与文化选择。这种从宏大叙事退回到个体感知的设计,使得整本书读起来既有高度,又有温度。
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评分A great progress for overseas studies. Plus, it becomes more difficult to do a further research, especially to write a dissertation in the field of prose writing study even if a foreginer scholar can read or “taste” the writing pieces as we do. Thus it should be neither the destination nor what we feel satisfied with in our studies. Frustrated.
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