{"id":11423,"date":"2021-02-22T03:11:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T03:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/?p=11423"},"modified":"2021-03-02T08:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T08:50:02","slug":"compendium-of-hong-kong-literature-1919-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/en\/compendium-of-hong-kong-literature-1919-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11423\" class=\"elementor elementor-11423\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40b83590 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"98414\" data-id=\"40b83590\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43dd0e0f\" data-eae-slider=\"6711\" data-id=\"43dd0e0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267ed0d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"267ed0d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b904b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b904b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong literary workers had the idea of compiling a compendium of Hong Kong literature in as early as the 1980s. It was not materialized until 2009, when our Center Director Professor Leonard Chan Kwok Kou and Co-Director Dr. Chan Chi Tak brought up the idea to some local scholars. An editorial committee was formed, and the project of\u00a0<em>Compendium of Hong Kong Literature\u00a0<\/em><em>1919-1949<\/em>\u00a0was launched. The project took five years.\u00a0 Hong Kong\u2019s first literary compendium, published by the Commercial Press, appeared in 2014-2016.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of the twelve volumes of\u00a0<em>Compendium of Hong Kong Literature\u00a0<\/em><em>1919-1949<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>is edited by a local scholar who is a specialist of the area. The Compendium retrieved many early literary works, which were buried in time. There is an \u201cIntroduction\u201d in each volume, written by the editor. This part explains the ideas and principles behind the selection process, and offers guidance to readers and valuable historical information to researchers. Following the legacy of\u00a0<em>Compendium of Modern Chinese Literature<\/em>, the volumes are divided according to genre. To highlight the characteristic feature of Hong Kong literature, three volumes are dedicated to Classical-Style Literature, popular literature and children literature, respectively. The Compendium exhibits the diversity and multi-dimensionality of early Hong Kong literature. It has a meaning which is closely relevant with, but not limited to, local culture. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d51c859 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"93371\" data-id=\"2d51c859\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3083390 elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"9314\" data-id=\"3083390\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aab8e57 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3aab8e57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"243\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp1.jpg 243w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bfa6c08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bfa6c08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Modern Poetry\nEditor: Chan Chi Tak<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7ab395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b7ab395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This volume collects modern poems published in Hong Kong before 1949. The works selected first appeared in 1925-1949, years covering the pre-war period, Anti-Japanese War and the beginning of the post-war era. It aims to present works of different schools and styles written in different periods. An equal emphasis is placed on artistic value and documentary significance. Some poems collected are Ou Wai-ou\u2019s \u9dd7\u5916\u9dd7 \u201cThe Cornerstone of Peace\u201d \u548c\u5e73\u7684\u790e\u77f3, Li Yu-zhong\u2019s\u674e\u80b2\u4e2d \u201cNorth Point, the City of Victoria\u201d \u7dad\u591a\u5229\u4e9e\u5e02\u5317\u89d2, Chen Can-yun\u2019s \u9673\u6b98\u96f2 \u201cScattered Songs on the Shore\u201d \u6d77\u6ff1\u6563\u66f2, Liu Huo-zi\u2019s \u5289\u706b\u5b50 \u201cIn the City, at Noon\u201d \u90fd\u5e02\u7684\u5348\u666f, Yuan Shui-pai\u2019s\u8881\u6c34\u62cd \u201cThe Ladder-shape Concrete Hill Street\u201d \u68af\u5f62\u7684\u77f3\u5c4e\u5c71\u8857, He Cheng-jiang\u2019s\u4f55\u6d67\u6c5f \u201cNight of a City\u201d \u90fd\u5e02\u7684\u591c, Huang Yu\u2019s \u9ec3\u96e8 \u201cThe Southorn Playground at Dusk\u201d \u856d\u9813\u7403\u5834\u7684\u9ec3\u660f, Sha Ou\u2019s \u6c99\u9dd7 \u201cThe Wet Market\u201d \u83dc\u5834. The poems sketch out the long disappeared streetscape of the Hong Kong city in the 1930s and 40s. They are also historical records that convey the poets\u2019 vision, critical ideas and imagination. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced014e elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"83943\" data-id=\"ced014e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e5cc8b6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e5cc8b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"243\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2.jpg 243w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10596b0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10596b0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Prose I <br>\nEditor: Fan Sin Piu<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47432a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47432a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This is an anthology of prose essays written from the mid-1920s till 1941, the beginning of the Japanese occupation period. The works selected are taken mainly from literary supplements of Hong Kong newspapers and periodicals; a small number are taken from books. It includes works of writers born and raised in Hong Kong, such as Xie Chen-guang \u8b1d\u6668\u5149 and Lu-Lun \u4fb6\u502b, as well as South-bound writers who came to Hong Kong for temporary residence or long-term abode, for example Mao Dun\u8305\u76fe, Ye Ling-feng \u8449\u9748\u9cf3. While the former group of writers are inarguably \u201cHong Kong writers,\u201d the latter also contributed greatly to Hong Kong\u2019s cultural environment and literary atmosphere. Both are critical for \u201cHong Kong literature\u201d and are not to be neglected. This volume offers a wide selection of aesthetic writings, short sketches, miscellaneous articles, features, newsletters etc., the topics of which cover local and foreign issues. The book aims to present the different visages of early Hong Kong prose writings. Supplemented with an introduction, it is hoped that the work will deepen readers\u2019 understanding of the changes in the genre and the works\u2019 production mechanism during the period.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57bc0725 elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"2550\" data-id=\"57bc0725\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504ad9eb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"504ad9eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"243\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2.jpg 243w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba2cd97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ba2cd97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Prose II\n<br>\nEditor: Ngai Ling Tun <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a0fc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40a0fc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This is a collection of prose essays published in Hong Kong newspapers and personal anthologies from 1942 to 1949, years of Japanese Occupation and the Post-war period. Covering works of both local and South-bound writers, the essays collected are of a diversity of types, such as argumentative, narrative, reminiscent (of people), lyrical, expository (of feelings), descriptive (things and scenery). By reading this book, readers can understand more about early local prose and the literary ecology of local newspapers and magazines in the 1940s. They can go on to contemplate the unique historical situation of Hong Kong as a cultural center situated away from the mainland at that time. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc15293 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"79547\" data-id=\"bc15293\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12bf5a45 elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"81206\" data-id=\"12bf5a45\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad0c185 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ad0c185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"240\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp3.jpg 240w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp3-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43cdf5ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43cdf5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Classical-Style Literature\n\nEditor: Ching Chung Shan<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce91d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ce91d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>During the 100-plus years from the opening of the commercial port to the Minguo period, a number of masters of classical-style literature emerged in Hong Kong and they accomplished many high-quality works. Newspaper men and merchants such as Wang Tao \u738b\u97dc, Peng Feisheng \u6f58\u98db\u8072and Chen Buchi \u00a0\u9673\u6b65\u5880wrote with late-Qing elegance; literary men of the New Territories and members of the Revolutionary Party voiced their ideas with passionate words. In the beginning of the Minguo period, Chen Botao \u9673\u4f2f\u9676, Lai Jixi \u8cf4\u969b\u7199and other old adherents of the Qing dynasty had their literary gatherings in Sung Wong Toi, and poets such as Cai Zhefu \u8521\u54f2\u592b, Deng Erya \u9127\u723e\u96c5, Yang Tiefu \u694a\u9435\u592b, Liu Boduan \u5289\u4f2f\u7aefformed their own literary societies. During the anti-war years, Ye Gongchuo \u8449\u606d\u7dbd, Yang Yunshi \u694a\u96f2\u53f2, Li Xianyin \u674e\u4ed9\u9280, Chen Xiaowei \u9673\u5b5d\u5a01and others attempted to save the country with literature. Feng Jiankui \u99ae\u6f38\u9035and Huang Weibo \u9ec3\u5049\u4f2fwere among those who tried to write history using poems during the Japanese Occupation period. Following the political change in 1949, Chen Zhanquan \u9673\u6e5b\u9293, Wu Tianren \u5433\u5929\u4efb and many more moved to Hong Kong. A number of poetic societies were established. Qianshe \u6f5b\u793e, Beishan shishe \u5317\u5c71\u8a69\u793e, Zhengsheng yinshe \u6b63\u8072\u541f\u793e, Qianchun she \u5343\u6625\u793e, Shuoguo she \u78a9\u679c\u793e were amongst those most active in promoting traditional Chinese culture.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>This book is a collection of classical-style literary works written between 1843 and 1949. It focuses on poetry and poetic prose, but also touches briefly on classical essays. The works are in a diversity of forms and styles. For example, there are pieces written in Tang style as well as Song style; some revolve around Chinese ideas and some are more Western. Topics include the home country, poetry gatherings, and life\u2019s ups and downs. Hong Kong\u2019s situation and disasters in the homeland are vividly portrayed; some examples are the plague, the racecourse fire, the Canton-Hong Kong Strike and the War.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f423883 elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"16254\" data-id=\"1f423883\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35114206 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35114206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"243\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp4.jpg 243w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp4-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f68887d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f68887d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Popular Literature\n\nEditor: Wong Chung Ming<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2955730f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2955730f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Popular literature has long been regarded as marginal literature. This book aims to correct this view by carefully selecting outstanding popular works published in a wide time span from late-Qing to 1949. A variety of novels are chosen, including romance, martial, detective, tiankong xiaoshuo (radio stories) etc. Modern adaptations of old literary sketches, Yue ou (\u7cb5\u8b33 Cantonese love songs), long zhou (\u9f8d\u821f dragon boat songs), ban ben (\u73ed\u672c lyrics of Cantonese opera songs) and other works are also collected. The pieces collected are written in a range of writing styles, for example wen yan (\u6587\u8a00 classical literary), bai hua (\u767d\u8a71 colloquial), Cantonese, san ji di (\u4e09\u53ca\u7b2c a mix of classical, colloquial and Cantonese). The works are arranged in chronological order, with an aim of facilitating understanding of the relationship between inheritance and changes in the development of our local popular literature over time. Aside from its artistic value, the collection is also a rich source of information for sociology, folklore studies, economics, linguistics, literary reception theory and other areas. With a unique content, this book exhibits the special qualities of writings of Hong Kong writers in different periods.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f38400b elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"42183\" data-id=\"2f38400b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4f3f4c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4f3f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"243\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp5.jpg 243w, https:\/\/rccllc.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rp5-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72234110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72234110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949  Children Literature\n\nEditor: Fok Yuk Ying<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e550183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e550183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>This book is comprised of works of children literature published during the period between the mid-1930s and the end of the 1940s. While most of the pieces are collected from Xin ertong (\u65b0\u5152\u7ae5 New Children), works from children\u2019s section of newspapers and a small amount of books are also selected. \u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The works are mainly written by South-bound writers, such as Xu Dishan \u8a31\u5730\u5c71, Huang Qingyun \u9ec3\u6176\u96f2, Lu Zhicheng \u5442\u5fd7\u6f84, Ou Waiou \u9dd7\u5916\u9dd7, Hu Mingshu \u80e1\u660e\u6a39, Xu Zhiren \u8a31\u7a49\u4eba. Embellished with a variety of drawings, the book covers theoretical discussions, poetry, fairy tales, stories, drama, fables and cartoons. It offers a clear picture of the development of children literature in early Hong Kong, and the children and childhood presented in the pieces reflect the way adults living in that particular socio-cultural context understand children, childhood and children literature. \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-631d39c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"51007\" data-id=\"631d39c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4de0b54e\" data-eae-slider=\"93915\" data-id=\"4de0b54e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183130ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183130ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Editorial Committee of\u00a0<em>Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor-in-Chief: Leonard Chan Kwok Kou<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice Editor-in Chief: Chan Chi Tak<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members:\u00a0Chan Chi Tak, Leonard Chan Kwok Kou,\u00a0Fan Sin Piu,\u00a0Huang zi-ping,\u00a0Ngai Ling Tun, Wong Chung Ming\u00a0(in alphabetical order)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Editors<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>1 Modern Poetry<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chan Chi Tak<br \/>(Associate\u00a0Professor, Department of Literary and Cultural Studies, the Education University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>2 Prose I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fan Sin Piu<br \/>(Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the Chinese University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>3 Prose II \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngai Ling Tun<br \/>(Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the\u00a0Chinese University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>4 Fiction I \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tse Hiu Hung<br \/>(Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing,\u00a0Hong Kong Baptist University)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>5 Fiction II \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wong Nim Yan<br \/>(Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the\u00a0Chinese University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>6 Drama<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lo Wai Luk<br \/>(Associate Professor, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>7 Literary Criticism I<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard Chan Kwok Kou<br \/>(Chair Professor, Faculty of Humanities,\u00a0the Education University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>8 Literary Criticism II\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lin Manshu<br \/>(Chief Editor, Wenxue Pinglun [Literary Criticism])<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>9 Classical-Style Literature<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ching Chung Shan<br \/>(Senior Lecturer, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the\u00a0Chinese University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>10 Popular Literature<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wong Chung Ming<br \/>(Associate Professor, Journalism and Communication Department, Hong Kong Shue Yan University)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>11 Children Literature<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fok Yuk Ying<br \/>(Associate Professor,\u00a0the Education University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>12 Reference Materials<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chan Chi Tak \u00a0<br \/>(Associate\u00a0Professor, Department of Literary and Cultural Studies,\u00a0the Education University of Hong Kong)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>13\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>A Collection of Introductory Essays<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chan Kwok Kou, Chan Chi Tak et al.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Advisors<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Ping-yuan, Huang zi-ping, Li Ou-fan, David Wang Der-wei, Xu zi-dong (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38582e5d elementor-aspect-ratio-219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"38582e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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