Modern Chinese Literature under the Russian-Soviet Influence

Russian-Soviet literature had unparalleled influence on Chinese literature in the twentieth century in terms of literary creation, theory and criticism, cultural trend and social life. Russian-Soviet literature played an extremely important role in the emergence and development of modern Chinese literature, especially in the establishment of the concepts of literature, aesthetic appreciation and writing methods. Its influence is clearly traceable from "literature for life" during the May Fourth period, proletarian revolutionary literature and socialist realism to the New Era literature during the reform and opening up period. Its profound spiritual depth and unique aesthetic beauty function as powerful weapons against the more utilitarianism-oriented kitsch in contemporary Chinese literature.