The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school, also called Butterflies fiction, was a popular genre of Chinese fiction in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the 1910s and 1920s.
Facts
Place of Origin Notable ExampleFate in Tears and Laughter by Zhang Henshui (1930) 1 Defining TraitRomantic love symbolism plus scandals and high crimes as favorite subjects 1 Defining Trait In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies - Wikipedia
History
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies fiction was widely consumed by urban readers and became especially prominent in Shanghai, which had a booming publishing industry during this time.
History, representative works
Zhang Henshui's 1930 novel Fate in Tears and Laughter is a representative work of this school
Introduction, name and themes
are traditional symbols of romantic love, but the genre encompassed more than romance stories
Lead paragraph, defining sentence
The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school (Chinese: 鴛鴦蝴蝶派; pinyin: yuānyāng húdié pài), also called Butterflies fiction, was a popular genre of Chinese fiction in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the 1910s and 1920s.
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