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Rental Partner: ValleyRain International presents

Chinese Novels in the 20th Century

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Date:
Thursday, August 8
Time:
7:30 pm PDT
Cost:
$39

Venue

The Wyncote NW Forum
1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101 United States
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Presented by ValleyRain International. For questions about this event, please contact admin@valleyrain.org.

Headshot of Professor Xu Zidong (with fair skin, short black hair, glasses, and black jacket)
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In this event, Professor Xu Zidong will share his thoughts on four historical stages of 20th-century Chinese novels.

Xu Zidong holds a master’s degree from East China Normal University and UCLA, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong. Director of the Chinese Department of Lingnan University in Hong Kong (2008-2014), Honorary Professor of the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong, and Zijiang Chair Professor of East China Normal University. His major works include New Theory of Yu DafuContemporary Novels and Collective Memory: Narrating the Cultural Revolution, The Significance of Zhang Ailing’s Literary HistoryA Preliminary Study of Hong Kong Short StoriesA Close Reading of Zhang Ailing, Xu Zidong’s Modern Literature CourseRereading Chinese Novels in the 20th Century.

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ValleyRain International, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organization, was founded in March 2015 in the San Francisco Bay Area. ValleyRain International was founded with the mission of building a bridge between Asian and North American cultures.

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