Tentative Proposals for Literary Reform
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Tentative Proposals for Literary Reform is Hu Shi’s influential 1917 essay that helped launch the New Culture Movement by advocating the use of vernacular Chinese and modernizing Chinese literature.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary manifesto ⓘ |
| advocates |
literature that reflects contemporary life
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modern, colloquial language ⓘ use of vernacular Chinese in writing ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese intellectual modernization
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Peking University intellectual circle ⓘ |
| author | Hu Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Republican China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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literary theory ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | May Fourth era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactOnCulture | challenged traditional Confucian literary norms ⓘ |
| impactOnEducation | encouraged use of vernacular in textbooks ⓘ |
| impactOnLanguage | promotion of baihua (vernacular) writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
May Fourth literary movement
NERFINISHED
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New Culture Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ development of modern Chinese literature ⓘ |
| languageVariant | vernacular Chinese ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
literary reform
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modernization of Chinese literature ⓘ rejection of classical Chinese in literature ⓘ vernacularization of Chinese literature ⓘ |
| movement | New Culture Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes | classical Chinese as the primary literary medium ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| proposes |
clear and simple language in literature
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literature accessible to the general public ⓘ reform of literary style and content ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
baihua movement
NERFINISHED
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literary modernization in East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Hu Shi’s later writings on language reform ⓘ |
| significance |
helped launch the New Culture Movement
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key document in the shift from classical to vernacular Chinese ⓘ landmark text in Chinese literary reform ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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