ALL 3337 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Shared Space, Mo Yan, Mao Zedong
9 Sep 2015
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All 3337 chinese literature and popular culture today. These should not consist of mere descriptions or (in the case of stories) plot summaries; rather, they should show that you can place things on a mental map/timeline of contemporary literary and cultural history and describe their historical/cultural significance. The general and the small town - 1979. Hot and cold, measure for measure - 1988. The trouble shooters (aka masters of mischief) 1988. Shifu, you"ll do anything for a laugh 1980-1990. By getting rid of capitalists idea and traditional elements. Launched after seeing bourgeois culture infiltrating the chinese culture. Characterized by opaqueness, no sure meaning or function. Used as a tool to promote revolution by mao. Highly educated youths being sent down to villages. To solve the problem of unemployment in the cities. Do not question revolution, blamed gang of 4. Elements of humanism & individualism, inner strengths of individuals and families. Expresses feelings of people who went through cultural revolution.
