Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun

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Diary of a Madmanby Lu Xun

• Author, Chinese Literature, Chinese History,
  Summary, Analysis
• by Kyoko, Soonshin Yoon

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About Lu Xun

• Chou Shu-jen
• Shaohsing
• Studied medicine in Japan
• Tokyo ? Sendai ? Tokyo
• Remembrances of the Past (1911)
• Twenty-five stories (1918-1926)
• New Youth

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History of Chinese Literature

• Literary Vernacular (Colloquial)
• Literary History for 2000 years
• Three Major Historical Period
• The Classical Period
• The Medieval Period
• The Modern Period

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Modern Period (13-18 century)

• Local Drama- Yuan drama
• Use Lute when they sing a song
• Vernacular Fiction
• San-Kuo-Chih Yen-I (Romance of the Three Kingdom)
• Shui-Hu Chuan (Water Margin, Known to the west as
  All Men Are Brother)
• Short Stories appeared

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Modern Period 18-20 century

• Vernacular Tradition
• Stimulated by the Literature of the West
• Chinese Revolution (Chinese Renaissance)
• Early 20th Century
• Chinese Writers used literature as a mirror to
  reflect the seamy side of life
• Writers such as, Lu Xun, helped advanced the
  socialist revolution

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History of ChinaChina in the late 19c and early
20c

• 1.The Europeans invaded Asian countries.
• Europes situation
• Asias situation
• 2.Chinas case of invasion
• Opium War (1840-1842)
• The Arrow ship incident (1856)
• Japan takes part in dividing China (1914)

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• 3.Chinas case to overcome invasions.
• The Reform Movement
• The Boxer Uprising
• 4.Examples of countries dominating China
• Germany
• England
• France
• U.S.
• Japan

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• 5.May Fourth Movement
• New Tide
• Renaissance
• New Thought
• New Culture Movement
• Students took the lead
• Much of their skepticism was purely destructive
• New thoughts to overcome the traditional society
  were emerging

• ?In this period New Thoughts were expressed
  through literature. Diary of Madman is an
  example of the May Fourth Movement.

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Video About Lu Xun Chinese History Literature

• WARNING!!!
• Do NOT Fall Asleep During This VIDEO

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Summary

• Introduction
• The Content of the Diary
• A madmans growing obsession of CANNIBALISM

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Analysis About Diary of a Madman( The View of
the Madman)

• Madman
• Old Fifth Chen
• Elder Brother
• Zhao Familys Dog
• Wolf Cub Village
• Doctor
• Children

• Lu Xun
• Leader
• Passive Cannibal
• Active Cannibal
• A Cannibal Society
• One of the Cannibals
• Next Generation or China

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Madmans View about CannibalismLu Xuns View
about Chinese Old Tradition