What Is Pre-Modern Up to? On the Vernacular Writing of Xiao Jianghong’s Wu-Nuo Trilogy

To cite this article: LIU Zhuyan & LIANG Sixuan. (2021). What Is Pre-Modern Up to?  On the Vernacular Writing of Xiao Jianghong’s Wu-Nuo Trilogy. Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(4), 028-034, DOI: 10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0104.004

To link this article: https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0104.004

Abstract: The pre-modern factor in Xiao Jianghong’s Wu-Nuo Trilogy (Sorcery and Exorcise Trilogy) is a sign of distinguishing between urban and rural areas. It highlights the discordant elements from the city and shows the specificity of the countryside. It provides an imaginative solution to the pre-modern era, sighs with the mysterious death of the characters, and resolves the urban-rural conflict with the way of thinking and lifestyle of returning to old rural homesteads, a psychological healing dose for readers. The essence of pre-modern factors is aesthetic modernity, which demonstrates the resistance of aesthetic modernity. It is attributed to human care at the intersection of modernity and tradition to realize the spiritual value of realist literature.

Keywords: Wu-Nuo Trilogy; pre-modern; rural; aesthetic modernity; urban

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