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This book is the first academic monograph to conduct a comprehensive study of Henan urban literature since the founding of New China. This book takes contemporary Henan literature as a research perspective and provides an overview of the development of urban literature. By returning to the literary scene, on the basis of interpreting texts and examining historical facts, this book analyzes the regional attributes, cultural psychology, spiritual temperament, and the development history of cities and people. Henan's urban literature not only touches on the universal issues of urban literature, but also presents many different local experiences, including historical accumulation, the light, shadow and charm of the city under the culture of the ancient capital, and the specific state of mind in the process of modernization. And the "aura" found through excavating literature and historical experience may be a key for modern urbanites to get out of their inner dilemma.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on the research on Jia Pingwa since the new era. Jia Pingwa is a writer who has made important contributions to contemporary literature. His extensive criticism and in-depth research on his works have also produced distinctive results. Through the study of the evaluation of Jia Pingwa's works in different periods, the symbiotic development process of writers, critics, literary trends of thought and social changes since the new era has been sorted out and examined. This book is not only an overall survey of Jia Pingwa's creation, criticism, and research, but also presents an aspect of literary criticism and literary development since the new era. It has reference value for in-depth examination of the development and transformation of contemporary literature, as well as the identity and cultural changes of writers and intellectuals in China's social transformation and historical evolution.