The Narration of Desire in the Late Qing Dynasty Novels and Modernity

Abstract

Abstract: The Late Qing Dynasty was a period of rapid transition from the traditional to the modern society, and the novels produced during the period took on a special character due to society background and scholars' mentality. Not only does the unique narration of desire in the novels exhibit as "the excess of economy" that subverts the tradition, but also the imagination of the feminine and the urban writing took on strong atmosphere of the modern.

Key words: the Late Qing Dynasty novels, the narration of desire, economy of excess, imagination of the feminine, city, modernity

Fang Weiwei. The Narration of Desire in the Late Qing Dynasty Novels and Modernity[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2014, 34(6): 146-150.

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