1. Introduction: “Critics Circles” in Contemporary Chinese Literature Part 1: Redraw the Map of Times (1949–1976) 2. The Intention of Fiction Criticism 3. The Rise and Fall of the Criticism on Zhao Shuli 4. Rural Fiction 5. Revolutionary War Fiction 6. Other Subgenres of Fiction 7. The Dalian Conference and the “Theory of Middle Character” 8. Fiction Criticism during the Cultural Revolution Part 2: Swirl of History (1977–1991) 9. Fiction Criticism during the New Period 10. The Critics during the Exploratory Craze of Fiction Part 3: Move Forward with Adjustment (1992–2018) 11. Fiction Criticism during the Social Transformations in the 1990s 12. Literary Criticism in the 1990s 13. Criticism on Full-Length Novels 14. Fiction Criticism since the Start of the 21st Century
Biography
Cheng Guangwei is a professor at Renmin University of China and currently serves as the Vice President of the China Contemporary Literature Research Association. His research primarily focuses on the study of contemporary Chinese literary history.
