The Construction and Presentation of “Mobile” Characteristics of Chinese Literary Modernization in Han Bangqing’s Biographies of Flowers on the Sea

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10.2991/978-2-38476-222-4_60How to use a DOI?

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Chinese Literature; Modernization; Biographies of Flowers on the Sea; Literary Techniques

Abstract

In the mid-to-late 19th century, Western countries led by Britain successively completed the industrial revolution through the renewal of production tools, which led to the influx of capitalist industry and commerce. Cities in China, led by Shanghai, were the first to open ports for trade, which not only impacted China’s traditional economy but also promoted the movement of Chinese literature towards modernization. Therefore, this article takes Han Bangqing’s “Biographies of Flowers on the Sea”, published in 1894, as a model, refers to Zhang Ailing’s translation, and uses different types of literature such as journals and papers as aids. It adopts the method of literature reading and various literature comparative analysis methods to analyze its construction and presentation of the “mobile” characteristics of modern Chinese literature. The study found that “Biographies of Flowers on the Sea” reflects the movement and progress of Chinese literature towards modernization to a certain extent, whether it is in the author’s creative background or in the story details of the protagonist in the text and the literary techniques used in writing. Especially dialect literature with regional characteristics, which is profound and unique in depicting novel characters’ expressions and personalities, plays an indispensable role and provides a reference for the development of later Mandarin literature to a certain extent.

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AU  - Julong Li
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DA  - 2024/03/26
TI  - The Construction and Presentation of “Mobile” Characteristics of Chinese Literary Modernization in Han Bangqing’s Biographies of Flowers on the Sea
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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