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Internet Literature in ChinaInternet Literature in China

Internet Literature in China

Michel Hockx

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Since the 1990s, Chinese literary enthusiasts have explored new spaces for creative expression online, giving rise to a modern genre that has transformed Chinese culture and society. Ranging from the self-consciously avant-garde to the pornographic, web-based writing has introduced innovative forms, themes, and practices into Chinese literature and its aesthetic traditions. This text describes in detail the types of Chinese literature taking shape right now online and their novel aesthetic, political, and ideological challenges.

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OL20315232W

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Chinese literature, history and criticismLiterature and technologyChinese literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and the InternetLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese

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