Abstract
Qu Qiubai, an early leader of the CPC, perfected CPC’s theory of popularization of literature and art by learning, imitating, propagating and transforming oral literature when he was editing the Hot Blood Daily, presiding the Left League in Shanghai, and working in the Central Soviet Area in Jiangxi Province. Adapting folk arts and dialects, with reference to the characteristics of the revolutionary propaganda, Qu created a progressive wild tune that borrowed some features of the old genre. He intended a breakthrough by absorbing vernacular expression into the blended style to transcend the existing stylistic constraints and the ideological constraints of gentry culture. Qu Qiubai’s oral literary creation forged and tempered an authentic modern literary style that appealed to the common people. His efforts brought about a new life to the modern literary language developed from the May Fourth Movement, and his practice provided an example for and inspired the development of literature and art under the leadership of the CPC.
First Page
13
Last Page
22
Recommended Citation
Cao, Xiaohua. 2021. "The CPC’s Early Popularization Theory and Practice of Literature and Art from the Perspective of Qu Qiubai’s Oral Literary Creation." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 41, (6): pp.13-22. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss6/16
