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Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades
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Wikipedia article
'Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades' (T: , S: , P: 'rsh Nin Mdzh Gui Xinzhung', W: 'Erh-shih nien mu-tu-chih kuai hsien-chuang', also translated as: "Strange Events Witnessed in the Past Twenty Years", "The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years", "Reports on Strange Things for the Past Twenty Years", and "Wu Jianren's Strange Events Eyewitnessed over the Last Two Decades") is a novel by Wu Jianren (also known as Wu Wo-yao). The novel was serialized in 'Xin Xiaoshuo' (T: , S: , P: 'Xn Xioshu'; W: 'Hsin Hsiao-shuo'; "New Fiction"), a magazine by Liang Qichao. In 1909 the novel was completed and published in book form.": Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades.", p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ia4qmgxy2HEC&pg=PP4&dq=Wu+Woyao+decade&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EfhpUrOiPJHOkQeJq4C4AQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Wu%20Woyao%20decade&f=false inside cover].
The essay "Typology of Plot Structures in Late Qing Novels" by Milena Doleelov-Velingerov, published in the book 'The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century', discusses the novel's plot structure.Idema, p. 353 The novel uses a lot of anecdotes.Des Forges, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AwWIErr1y7kC&dq=Wu+Jianren%27s+Strange+Events+Eyewitnessed+over+the+Last+Two+Decades&source=gbs_navlinks_s 44]. "The description of the writing process recalls the intensive use of anecdotes in the construction of novels of the first decade of the century, especially Wu Jianren's 'Strange Events Eyewitnessed over the Last Two Decades'."
The Chinese University Press published an abridged English translation, titled "Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades", in 1975.
References
* Des Forges, Alexander. "Anxiety, brand names, and wild chickens." In: Rojas, Carlos and Eileen Chow (editors). 'Rethinking Chinese Popular Culture: Cannibalizations of the Canon'. Routledge, December 8, 2008. , 9780203886649.
* Idema, W. L. "The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century" (book review). 'T'oung Pao', ISSN 0082-5433, January 1982, Volume 68, Issue 4/5, pp. 352 355
* Wu, Jianren. ": Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades." Chinese University Press, January 1, 1975. , 9780870751257.
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Category:1909 novels
Category:20th-century Chinese novels
Category:Novels first published in serial form
Category:Novels set in Shanghai
Category:Novels set in Nanjing
Category:Novels by Wu Jianren
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