“Literary Light Cavalry” in the Main Battlefield of Targeted Poverty Alleviation—On Ouyang Qiansen’s Reportage “Poverty Alleviation Trilogy”

Abstract

The great social changes since China’s reform and opening up have facilitated the revival and development of reportage. Life in the New Era has provided infinitely rich and valuable themes and materials for the creation of reportage. Among them, the theme of targeted poverty reduction and poverty alleviation has become the focus of reportage writing in recent years. The “Poverty Alleviation Trilogy”: In Leaf and Bloom, Listening to the Voices of the Blooming Flowers (Huafan Yemao, Qingting Huakai de Shengyin), The Sunshine of the Blissful Spring (Baode Sanchunhui), and A New Lease of Life: The Story of Wanshan (Kan Wanshan Hongbian), written by famous writer Ouyang Qiansen, is not only a self-evident breakthrough of Guizhou-themed reportage and its status within national literary circles, but is also strong evidence of the reflection on major themes and the spirit of the times through reportage, which, in this sense, is of irreplaceable significance.

Keywords

reportage, Ouyang Qiansen, “Poverty Alleviation Trilogy,” In Leaf and Bloom, Listening to the Voices of the Blooming Flowers, The Sunshine of the Blissful Spring, A New Lease of Life: The Story of Wanshan

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