Chinese Fiction of the Cultural Revolution

Contents

Contents List of Tables Foreword Preface Introduction • CR novels and CR agricultural novels • Literary Policy and Theory in the Cultural Revolution Part I Characterization of the Main Heroes Introduction to Part I 1. Personal Background 2. Physical Qualities • Strong Constitution and Vigorous Air • Unsophisticated Features and Expression • Dignified Manner and Awe~Inspiring Bearing • Big and Bright Piercing Eyes • A Sonorous and Forceful Voice ix xi xiii 1 3 14 33 35 39 49 50 51 52 53 53 vi • Contents 3. Ideological Qualities • Consciousness of Class, Road and Line Struggles • Consciousness of Altruism and Collectivism 4. Temperamental and Behavioural Qualities • Categories of Temperamental and Behavioural Qualities • Social and Cultural Foundations of Temperamental and Behavioural Qualities 61 61 66 75 75 88 5. Prominence Given to the Main Heroes 97 • Practice of the 'Three Prominences' 97 • Other Stock Points Concerning Prominence of the Main Heroes 118 Part II Lexical Style Introduction to Part II • Selection of the Sample • Units and Levels of Analysis • Categories of Stylistic Items versus References • Exhaustive or Sample Measurement • The Statistical Process 6. Vulgar Expressions • Vulgar Expressions Defined • The Density of Vulgar Expressions • Distribution According to Functional Varieties • Distribution by Sex • Distribution According to Type of Speaker • Distribution According to Targets of Abuse 7. Ideological Expressions • Ideological Expressions Defined • Density of Ideological Expressions • Distribution of Ideological Items by Character • Distribution of High~Frequency Ideological Items • Quotations from Mao 8. Idioms, Proverbs, Xiehouyu, and Classical Verses • The Four Categories of Item Defined • The Four Categories Analysed 121 123 124 125 127 128 128 129 129 130 131 136 140 141 147 147 151 154 157 162 165 165 167 Contents • vii 9. 'Bookish' and 'Colloquial' 181 • 'Bookish' and 'Colloquial' Explained 181 • 'Bookish' and 'Colloquial' Analysed 184 10. Dialectal Expressions 187 • Dialectal Expressions Defined 187 • Dialectal Expressions Analysed 189 11. Military Words and Expressions 193 • Military Words and Expressions Defined 193 • Military Words and Expressions Analysed 195 12. Meteorological Vocabulary and Inflated Expressions 203 • Meteorological Vocabulary 203 • Inflated Expressions 206 13. The Vocabulary Style in General Perspective 211 • The General Style of CR Novel Vocabulary 211 • Period Style and Authors' Personal Styles 213 Conclusion 215 • The Present Study in Perspective 215 • CR Novels and Contemporary Chinese Literature 219 Tables 227 Notes 249 Select Bibliography 277 Appendix 1: The 24 CR Agricultural Novels 291 Appendix 2: Annotated Bibliography of Novels of the Cultural Revolution 293 Glossary 311 Index 335 ...