Surveillance and Construction of New China Literature: Focused on the Re-classic Project in Chinese Modern Literature (by PLPH) in Seventeen Years

Abstract

The paper explores the correlation between the People’s Literature Publishing House and the re-classic project in Chinese modern literature in Seventeen Years (1949-1966).Through the close reading in combination with the writers’ preface and postscript, editor’s remarks of publishing, Seventeen Years’ Wenyi Bao and the People’s Daily, we have found that Chinese modern literature writer’ works (including complete works, corpuses, selected works ) have been revised mostly by the author or editors on the original. They have annotation, avoiding and modification during the publishing procession. In summing up it may be stated that revisions were caused for two reasons in general. On one hand, it is based on maintaining the social legitimacy of the ruling class ideology changes; on the other hand it is to construct the specification of the Chinese nation community language changes. The re-classic project in Chinese modern literature (by PLPH) in Seventeen Years is obviously the product of specific history. The re-classic project in fact promoted New China construction ideology leadership and the positive practice of power of discourse. National authoritative presses revised the original before publication in PRC. On one hand, writers got recognition and new political status; On the other hand works also was made the opportunities for the obtaining of remodeling classic in new society.