@article{ART003237776},
author={CHOI WONJUN},
title={Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={77},
pages={341-363},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013}
TY - JOUR
AU - CHOI WONJUN
TI - Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 77
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 341
EP - 363
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This study analyzes the characteristics of the narratives presented in the History of Modern Chinese Literature regarding the Great Rear-Area literature during the Sino-Japanese War, focusing on how these features varied according to regional and historical contexts. After the Chinese Communist Party consolidated control over the mainland, literary discourse on this period was reconstructed within a revolutionary historiographical framework centered on the Party. This narrative approach led to the marginalization and distortion of the achievements of Great Rear-Area literature.
In contrast, literary histories from Taiwan highlighted the literary activities of the Great Rear-Area, endorsed the cultural policies of the Nationalist Government, and criticized leftist and Communist literary lines. Drawing on its unique political context, Hong Kong’s literary historiography pursued an objective narrative that avoided alignment with any particular political ideology, designating the beginning and end of the Sino-Japanese War as major historical dividing points.
Since the period of Reform and Opening Up, Chinese literary historiography has increasingly shed light on the Great Rear-Area literary scene and begun to explore the impact of war and military conflict on the literary field. In the case of Korea, efforts have been made to understand major events from a macro-historical perspective.
The manner in which literary history is narrated connotes the perspectives through which literature is viewed. Examining the differences and changes in the historiography of modern Chinese literature across different periods and regions serves as an important indicator of how academic perspectives on modern Chinese literature have evolved. In particular, identifying the characteristics and changes in the historiography of rear-area literature can be considered an essential undertaking for understanding the literature of the third decade from a new perspective.
KW - Modern Chinese Literary History;Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art;Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art;Second Sino-Japanese War; Wannan Incident;Periodization;Great Rear Area
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
ER -
CHOI WONJUN. (2025). Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 341-363.
CHOI WONJUN. 2025, "Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.77, pp.341-363. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN "Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 77 pp.341-363 (2025) : 341.
CHOI WONJUN. Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War. 2025; 77 : 341-363. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN. "Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 341-363.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN. Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 341-363. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN. Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 77 341-363. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN. Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War. 2025; 77 : 341-363. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
CHOI WONJUN. "Reconsidering the Periodization of Modern Chinese Literary History ― Focusing on Narratives of the Great Rear-Area Literature during the Sino-Japanese War" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 341-363.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.013
