Elena Monaldo is a PhD student at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her
research focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, with a
particular emphasis on poetry and women’s writing. She explores their
development and engagement with China’s social transformations,
highlighting their role in shaping cultural perspectives. She is also active in literary translation.
The death of Mao Zedong in 1976, followed by the beginning of Reform and Opening Up, sparked a period of intense intellectual energy and literary revival known as ‘cultural fever’ (文化热), when fascination with Western culture mixed with a search for lost roots and collective consciousness gave way to self-expression. During this period, poetry again […]
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