Please write an academic paper in response to any one of these statements:

1. Wang Anyi’s Lapse of Time is a return to the Realist Tradition in modern

Chinese literature.

2. Misty Poetry is China’s attempt at Coming to Terms with the Cultural

Revolution.

3. Cui Jian’s music is a challenge to the Aesthetics of the Cultural Revolution.

4. Murong Xuecun is an Heir to Lu Xun.

5. “Petition” is China’s New Social Realism.

6. The Revolution is Over. Long live the Revolution!

• Your paper must critically engage with at least one primary text we have

discussed in class.

• In addition, you must engage with at least two more English language scholarly

sources (a journal article, book, scholarly website). If possible, use sources

discussed in class.

• You should pay particular emphasis to your opening. Please come up with a title,

provide a thesis, and include a roadmap.

• In your main part, you should contextualize your primary texts, analyze text

passages, and critically respond to one of the five statements.

• Make use of paragraphs. You should have at least 4 distinct paragraphs

(opening, main part (2), conclusion). Pay attention to transitions.

• Your paper must have a bibliography.

• Your paper should have no less than 1000 and no more than 1300 words. Please

“Petition” is China’s New Social Realism.

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