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Frontiers of Literary Studies in China

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Front. Lit. Stud. China    2020, Vol. 14 Issue (2) : 254-274    https://doi.org/10.3868/s010-009-020-0012-7
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The New Liu Cixin Literature: Science Fiction and the Third World Experience
LUO Yalin()
Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Abstract

Compared with pure literature, Liu Cixin’s science fiction novels show a high degree of novelty. Due to his creative accommodation of third world experience and the Chinese cultural spirit of the 1950–70s, he is able to challenge the universal hegemony of the Enlightenment. The deep feelings of Liu Cixin’s novels come from the “guerrilla” character of third world intellectuals who resisted colonization and guarded the country, a resistance derived from China’s vanguard position in the third world independence movement. Liu Cixin’s continuous writing of the story of weakness over power is not only a response to China’s modern and contemporary situation, but also a borrowing from the revolutionary experience to imagine the possibility of another world for readers of the post-revolutionary era.

Keywords Liu Cixin      science fiction      the third world      guerrilla      vanguard     
Issue Date: 16 July 2020
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LUO Yalin. The New Liu Cixin Literature: Science Fiction and the Third World Experience[J]. Front. Lit. Stud. China, 2020, 14(2): 254-274.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/flsc/EN/Y2020/V14/I2/254
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