Abstract
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Mo Yan, triggering both media euphoria and intellectual debates back in China. Strangely, both the euphoria and the debate are set in a “wordless” state, not unlike the “hollowed out” status of China's rising in terms of ideas and culture. Mo Yan's works surely have their “down-to-earth” and energetic qualities. However, the very core of his pieces can be seen as a continuation of the literary and intellectual trends of the 1980s, which fits right in the Western perception of China. The debate over Mo Yan's becoming a Nobel laureate is, in a way, the very representation of the most pressing issues regarding contemporary Chinese history and reality. In fact, to a large extent, literature and ideas of contemporary China have already superseded Mo Yan.
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