Towards the end of the Literature Honeymoon: The Late 50s of the 20th Century Literary Relations between China and the Soviet Union

Xianjun Zhang

doi:10.54097/frnrdq50

Authors

Xianjun Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/frnrdq50

Keywords:

Comparative Literature; Sino-foreign literary relations; China and the Soviet union; Literary exchanges; Dislocation of corresponding.

Abstract

In the 1950s, before the Sino-Soviet relations became hostile and the literary relations between the two countries entered a frozen period, the literary relations between China and the Soviet Union corresponded to the same period at the beginning of the founding of New China, wholesale Soviet union, the theory and the creation followed the Soviet union overall, developed to the late 50s of the 20th century, the Sino-Soviet literary relations dislocated, cooling gradually. What kind changes have taken place at this period, what are the underlying causes? Whether it is right or wrong needs to be discussed from the perspectives of ideology, the situation policy and power relations.

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