本书是中国现代文学史研究的奠基性著作，作者首次在研究中使用了“现代文学”这一称谓，对中国现代文学研究成为一门独立的学科做出了极大的贡献。作者并不局限于以文论文，以诗论诗，而是笔涉文学，意寄兴亡，从宽广的历史背景中，寻求和探索这一时期“文章得失升降之故”抒发出深沉的历史感慨。

CHAPTER ONE

THE MAY 4 MOVEMENT AND THE RISE AND GROWTH

 OF THE MODERN LITERARY REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

 THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LU HSUN

Section 1. The May 4 Movement and the Spread of

 Comrnunist Ideas as the Causes for the Modern Literary

 Revolution in China

Seetion 2. The Rise of the Literary Revolution and Its

 Theoreticai Foundation

Section 3; The Devei0pment of the Theories of the

 Literary Revolution

Section 4. The Struggle of the Literary Revolutionary

 Camp Headed by Lu Hsun Against Feudal and Right-

 Wing Bourgeois Literature

CHAPTER TWO

THE LEFT-WING LITERARY MOVEMENT-ACTIVITIES

 OF THE CHINA LEAGUE' OF LEFT, WING WRITERS LED

 BY LU HSUN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND

 STRUGGLES AROUND THE THEORIES ON REVOLU-

 TIONARY LITERATURE

Section 1. The First Revolutionary Civil War and the

 Formation of a New Front in the Literary Movement

Section 2. The Establishment of the China League of

 Left-Wing Writers and Its Struggle Against Reactionary Politics

Section 3. The Contributions of Lu Hsun and Chu Chiupai

CHAPTER SIX

LU HSUN, STANDARD-BEARER OF THE CHINESE PEO-

 PLE'S NEW CULTURE AND COMMUNIST THINKER (Continued)

Section 1. Lu Hsun's Essays--Socialist in Content and National in Form

Section 2. Lu Hsun's Earlier Essays

Section 3. Essays of the Later Period

CHAPTER SEVEN

KUO MO-JO AND OTHER WRITERS BEFORE AND AFTER

 THE MAY 4 MOVEMENT

Section 1. Kuo Mo-jo's Literary Works

Section 2. Novelists of the Late May 4 Period

Section 3. Realism in Poetry and Drama Before and

 After the May 4 Movement

CHAPTER EIGHT

REVOLUTIONARY WRITERS, PROGRESSIVE WRITERS,

 AND LITERARY SCHOOLS OF THE DECLINING BOUR-GEOISIE

Section 1. Revolutionary Writers

Section 2. Progressive Writers

Section 3. Literary Schools of the Declining Bourgeoisie

CHAPTER NINE

MAO TUN AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WRITERS OF THE

 PERIOD OF THE LEAGUE OF LEFT-WING WRITERS

Section 1. Mao Tun and His Literary Works

Section 2. Various Sides of Social Life Reflected in the Novel

Section 3. Revolutionary Poetry and Drama Movements During the Period of the League of Left-Wing Writers

Section 4. The Rise of Reportage and Attempts at Producing Popular Literature

Section 4. The Art and Literary Movement in the Soviet Areas

Section 5. The Struggles of the Camp of Revolutionary

 Literature Led by Lu Hsun Against the Reactionary Literary Trends

CHAPTER THREE

THE LEFT-WING LITERARY MOVEMENT (Cohtinued)--

 THE ANTI-JAPANESE NATIONAL UNITED FRONT OF

 WRITERS AND ARTISTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF

 AND STRUGGLES AROUND THE THEORIES, ON RESISTANCE LITERATURE

Section 1. The Formation of the Anti-Japanese Uaited

 Front of Writers and Artists

Section 2. The Outbreak of the War of Resistance and

 Literature in the Service of the Resistance Movement

Section 3. Discussions on the Question of Resistance

 Literature in the Kuomintang-Contr011ed Areas

CHAPTER FOUR

CHINESE LITERATURE IN THE SERVICE OF THE WORK-

 ERS, PEASANTS AND SOLDIERS - THE PUBLICATION

 OF MAO TSE-TUNG'S TALKS AT THE YENAN FORUM

 ON ART AND LITERATURE

Section 1. The :Publication of the Talks at the Yenan

 Forum on Art and Literature

Section 2. Talks at the Yenan, Forum on Art and Litera-

 ture - Its Contents and Historic Significance

CHAPTER FIVE

LU HSUN, STANDARD-BEARER OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S NEW CULTURE AND COMMUNIST THINKER

Section 1. His Life and Ideological Development

Section 2. Lu Hsun's Works of Fiction- from Thorough, Critical Realism to Socialist Realism

CHAPTER TEN

LITERARY WORKS ON THE WAR OF RESISTANCE

Section 1. Reportage, "Street Poetry," "Street Plays" and

   Popular Literary Works

Section 2. Literary Works on the Early Period of the

  War of Resistance

Section 3. Literary Works Exposing the Kuomintang in

  the Later Period of the War and After V-J Day

Section 4. Literary Activities in the Shensi-Kansu-

  Ningsia Border Region and the Anti-Japanese Bases

  in the Enemy's Rear

CHAPTER ELEVEN

LITERATURE IN THE LIBERATED AREAS ON THE PATH OF SOCIALIST REALISM

Section 1. Works Mirroring Mass Struggles and Productive Activities

Section 2, The Literary Activities Among the Workers,

  peasants and Soldiers; the Reform of the Folk Arts

CHAPTER TWELVE

THE VICTORY OF MAO TSE-TUNG'S PRINCIPLES ON ART AND LITERATURE

Section I. The Victory of the Chinese People's Revolu-

  tion and the Convocation of the All-China Congress

  Of Wrilers and Artists

Section 2. The Realization of Mao Tse-tung's Principles

  on Art and LiteratUre

INDEX