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2007 , Vol. 1 >Issue 4: 571 - 580

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11702-007-0027-1

Withering of the spirit of contemporary Chinese drama

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  • Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;

Published date: 05 Dec 2007

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Abstract

Since the 1990s, contemporary Chinese drama has exhibited the following characteristics: real decadence lurks behind the mask of seeming prosperity, and jolliness in appearance fails to hide its poverty at heart. The root of all these problems lies in the withering of the spirit of drama, or the loss of drama’s soul. The cultural alienations in China today take the forms of sham and mediocrity, materialization  and non-individuality .

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DONG Jian . Withering of the spirit of contemporary Chinese drama[J]. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2007 , 1(4) : 571 -580 . DOI: 10.1007/s11702-007-0027-1

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