Looking Beyond the Social: Religion as a Solution to Alienation in Xu Dishan's, Bing Xin's, and Su Xuelin's Republican Era Literature

I argue that by participating in religious cultural phenomena, the protagonists of Xu Dishan's and Su Xuelin's fiction cultivate values that allow them to overcome their sense of social alienation by making them feel more confident about their ability to strengthen their relationships with...

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Main Author: Elia, Gina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 12
Further subjects:B Modernization
B individual subjectivity
B Republican Era literature
B Xu Dishan
B Social alienation
B Religion
B Su Xuelin
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