2011•Journal of Chuxiong Normal UniversityRequires access
Cultural Imaginations behind "Gray Lives"——On Zhang Tianyi's Satirical Novels in the 1930s
Shi Bo
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Abstract
Zhang Tianyi was one of the most famous satirical novelists as well as a renowned author of modern Chinese children literature.His novels,reflecting the gray of the bourgeoisie,left a room for the people to imagine.His most representative satirical stories in the 1930s,reflecting the anit-hero and anti-modern notions,touched upon the lives of various classes and social strata,and best revealed his artistic characteristics-for example,empty and full,true and false.Zhang Tianyi established his unique writing style in a comically satirical way.