Generally speaking, China's classical literature refers to China's ancient literature. The boundary between it and modern literature is roughly time, not 1840 (that is the historical boundary), but 19 19 New Literature Movement. Documents between 19 19 and 1949 are called modern documents, after 1949. Sometimes modern literature and contemporary literature are collectively referred to as modern and contemporary literature in China to distinguish ancient literature in China. However, there is another strange phenomenon. Are the classical poems and prose written after 19 19 modern and contemporary literature? Judging from the definition of modern and contemporary literature researchers (that is, defined by time), it is indeed modern and contemporary literature. However, all the works and researchers who discuss modern and contemporary literature do not talk about classical poetry and ancient prose when talking about modern and contemporary literature. Therefore, China ancient literature and modern and contemporary literature are just a funny definition given by modern scholars.
Classical literature pays more attention to rhyme, antithesis and lack of understanding, with deeper meaning and endless significance; Modern literature is popular and direct, arbitrary and arbitrary.
Modern literature is a new literature which is widely influenced by foreign literature in the process of China's continuous development. Drama, new poetry, modern novels, essays, prose poems, reportage and other new literary genres. It has new creation in narrative angle, lyrical way, descriptive means and structural composition, and has the characteristics of modernization.
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