Reconstruction and Breakout: a Study of Family Narratives in Novels of the 1980s

About This Novel

Family is a pervasive writing object in Chinese literature in the 20th century. This book takes the construction of family in Chinese literature in the 20th century as a clue, takes the relationship between the nation-state, individuals, and families in the process of China's modernization as a starting point, takes the novels of the 1980s as the research object, selects representative texts, and explores how nation-state discourse and personal discourse construct the representation of family in the novels of the 1980s. On the one hand, there is a "going home" direction and complex in the novels of the 1980s. The humanitarian trend of thought has re-endowed family ethics with the positive value of "humanity". The family has become a carrier of reflection and a home for the return of "humanity", saving individuals who have experienced disasters. On the other hand, the humble and trivial appearance of family shows the alienation of daily life under the perspective of enlightenment, and individuals seek the path to self-realization beyond the family.

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