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SUMMARY:The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Shuang Shen
DESCRIPTION:\nModern and progressive literary realism in the Sinosphere
famously had an ambivalent relationship with popular forms. This was the
case whether in Beijing\, Shanghai\, Hong Kong\, or Singapore. This tal
k takes a 1951 story Xinjiapo de Wudingxia (Under the Roofs of Singapore
) by the iconic Singapore realist writer Miao Xiu as an entry point to r
evisit this well-covered literary polemic. It proposes that taking the l
anguage question seriously will produce new understandings of Sinosphere
’s uneven and changeable landscape undergoing reconfiguration by the Col
d War and the intersecting process of decolonization. This talk shows th
at at a time when literature in print increasingly becomes dissociated w
ith the popular\, a vigorous understanding of literary form and literary
history still has much to offer in contemporary discussions of the poli
tics of popular culture\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e
vent/cmlit-luncheon-series-shuang-shen/
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ressive literary realism in the Sinosphere famously had an ambivalent re
lationship with popular forms. This was the case whether in Beijing, Sha
nghai, Hong Kong, or Singapore. This talk takes a 1951 story Xinjiap
o de Wudingxia (Under the Roofs of Singapore) by the iconic Singapo
re realist writer Miao Xiu as an entry point to revisit this well-covere
d literary polemic. It proposes that taking the language question seriou
sly will produce new understandings of Sinosphere’s uneven and changeabl
e landscape undergoing reconfiguration by the Cold War and the intersect
ing process of decolonization. This talk shows that at a time when liter
ature in print increasingly becomes dissociated with the popular, a vigo
rous understanding of literary form and literary history still has much
to offer in contemporary discussions of the politics of popular culture<
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For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cmlit-lunch
eon-series-shuang-shen/
URL:https://complit.la.psu.edu/news-events/comp-lit-luncheon-series/
LOCATION:102 Kern Building
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