EAS284H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Riichi Yokomitsu, Shi Zhecun, Trolleybus
29 Sep 2017
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Search for new modes of expression a search for new modes of expression there are other ways to present ideas now. Often defined by the unreliable narrator (relatively detached) < chinese modernist works and the city of shanghai> male narrator who can observe the city in a descriptive way. What are some common themes found in chinese modernist work? (will go through two) Alienation (in the urban city) faceless in society. not belonging. common thing in these chinese work. Cinematic techniques: the way that story is portray. < mu shiying> he wanted to be more than mao dun. They wanted to show highest and lowest urban modern shanghai. He was living party life not in moral. spent a lot of time one particular dance host. later who becomes his wife. Began writing in the 1930s and was heavily influenced by japanese modernist writer, yokomitsu. Fast- paced and descriptive of 1920s and 1930s shanghai"s nightlife.
