Modern mass culture of China mainly embodies in the theoretical discussion and cultural practice of the popularization of literature and art since the May 4th Movement.
The Debate between the Oriental and Occidental Cultures in the Period of the May 4th Movement(1919)-In Honour of the 80th Anniversary of the May 4th Movement
Secondly, several historical events have revealed the true identity of the two cultures highlighted in China: from the "May Fourth New Cultural Movement", the debate pf science and metaphysics, the period of war, to the establishing the "New China".
During the May Fourth Movement, tradition was not used as a knowledge resource to legitimize the political system, but began to change from a knowledge to an academic resource.
Modern mass culture of China mainly embodies in the theoretical discussion and cultural practice of the popularization of literature and art since the May 4th Movement.
The Debate between the Oriental and Occidental Cultures in the Period of the May 4th Movement(1919)-In Honour of the 80th Anniversary of the May 4th Movement
The revolutionary culture during the new-democratic revolution carried forward the patriotic traditions of the New Culture and formed characteristic political culture.
Science are always invoked in the discussion of the May Fourth New Culture Movement.
However, after the rise of the May Fourth Movement, public attention was attracted by collectivism and nationalism again, while the appeal for individuality and ethical revolution was decayed gradually.
The avant-garde elements in the May Fourth New Literature Movement
The May Fourth "new literature" appeared in the early twentieth century China while the avant-garde was sweeping over the West.
May Fourth women journalists appropriated the discourse of women's emancipation advocated by New Culturalists to shape their discussions of women's suffrage, labor movement, and legal rights.
This paper points out that ancient China since Qin and Han dynasties is not a feudal society but a bureaucratic and autocratic society; the cultural movement since May 4,1919 is not part of bourgeois enlightenment but of modern cultural enlightenment. This angle of view, objecting to the western-culture-oriented theory, concerns how to define the cultural character of the primary phase of socialist society. The function of the unique pattern of Chinese historical development and the practical need of modern...
This paper points out that ancient China since Qin and Han dynasties is not a feudal society but a bureaucratic and autocratic society; the cultural movement since May 4,1919 is not part of bourgeois enlightenment but of modern cultural enlightenment. This angle of view, objecting to the western-culture-oriented theory, concerns how to define the cultural character of the primary phase of socialist society. The function of the unique pattern of Chinese historical development and the practical need of modern reform set the target of modernizing the transformation of culture from the nationalist ideology in the pioneer period to the socialist ideology in the developing period of modernization.
During the 20th century, to save and remould the national soul has been a national dream cherished by Chinese scholars. Lu Xun and Han Shaogong are two prominent probers of the chro nic maladies of the national soul in the May 4th period and the present new period respectively. This paper discusses their contradictory judgements of the traditional morality and cultural psycho logy and points out that no one can be freed from the restriction of traditional culture.
Abstract The author holds that a historicist attitude should be taken in evaluating the May 4th Movement.In the analysis of its success and failure,focus should be placed on the introduction of modernity,on modern discourse construction in the contexts of the Chinese language in particular.To the former,there is historical rationality in the criticism and rejection of tradition on the part of the scholars in the Movement.To the latter,the discourse...
Abstract The author holds that a historicist attitude should be taken in evaluating the May 4th Movement.In the analysis of its success and failure,focus should be placed on the introduction of modernity,on modern discourse construction in the contexts of the Chinese language in particular.To the former,there is historical rationality in the criticism and rejection of tradition on the part of the scholars in the Movement.To the latter,the discourse of modernity constructed has moved out of the context of Western culture and gained its independence which meets the need for the building of Chinese culture.