Changing the Colours of the World. Modernism and Modernity in Chinese Drama and Film, 1919-1937

Author: Rebecka Eriksson; Lunds Universitet.; Lund University.; [2014]

Keywords: modernity; China; modernism; drama; film; 1920s; 1930s; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; HUMANITIES and RELIGION;

Abstract: This dissertation examines the role of modernism and modernity in Chinese spoken drama and film during the years between the May Fourth Movement and the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. This influence is traced through close readings of a selection of works in different categories, underlining relevant themes and structures that are recurring in both drama and film.

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