SOME POINTS OF DISTINCTION IN THE GENERAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND EUROPEAN LITERARY AVANT-GARDE

VOL. 62, BOOK 1, PART C, 2024, pp. 282 – 298 Full text (Bg)

Author: Stefan Rusinov

Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

Abstract

There are certain challenges in comparing Chinese avant-garde fiction to its European counterpart(s) in regard to modifying the general model of the term “avant-garde“ and with the aim of accommodating the corresponding Chinese literary phenomenon. This paper casts an initial look at these challenges and then examines some of the important distinctions between the avant-garde movements in Europe and China.

Key words: avant-garde, literature, comparison