Touching History and Entering the May Fourth Movement
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"Touching History and Entering the May Fourth" starts with a movement (the student movement in the square on the day of the May Fourth), a magazine ("New Youth"), a principal (Cai Yuanpei), an article ("Zhang Taiyan's Vernacular Essays") and a collection of poems (Hu Shi's "Anthology") to talk about the "May Fourth" New Culture Movement. The author draws on the research methods of New Historicism and uses a number of meaningful details, fragments, and cases to trace and reconstruct history. He emphasizes that it was the conspiracy and joint efforts of the late Qing Dynasty and the "May 4th" generation that completed the transformation of Chinese culture from classical to modern. The hooks of historical materials and detailed descriptions in the book complement each other. It is easy for readers to deeply understand the historical context, political stance, cultural interests and academic ideas of the May Fourth generation in the tension between the two. It is very interesting to read.
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