CONTENTS
1 General Report/001
1. General Review of Literary Development/002
2. Outline of Hot Topics/006
3. Commentary on Focal Problems/011
2 Novel: Multiple Investigation on Society and Humanity /017
1. Tracing the Changes of Rural and Countryside/018
2. Exploring Inner Side of the Urban/020
3. Examining Conditions of Humanities/022
4. Calling for the Passion of the Time/024
5. Individual Revisit of Passing History/026
3 Novellete: To the Depth of Reality/029
1. Good Stories do not Entertain/030
2. On Spiritual Phenomena/034
3. Alternative Landscape/038
4 Short Stories: Perfection on the Backdrop of Literary Normal/041
1. Demonstration of Techniques/042
2. Accentuation of Stances/044
3. Urban Images/046
4. Narration of Sentiment/051
5 Non-fictional Literature: Multiple Directions and Dimensions/054
1. Narrating Chinese Story and Newman of the Time/055
2. Disadvantage Groups and Marginal Populations/061
3. Reflecting on Social Problems/063
4. Narrating the History and Recording the Past/065
5. Biography: Life can not be Reproduced, but can be Learned/068
6. Literary Awards: Non-fictional Literature Becoming Hot Topics Again/070
6 Prose: Silent Flowing of the Time River/074
1. Open the Secret Door of Life/075
2. Awakening Memories Buried by Sands/078
3. Those Years, Those People/083
4. Sand Blowed Away, Full or Half Moon/087
5. Scattered Pearls/090
7 Poetry: Wondering among Information Demonstration, Trespassing Actions and Spiritual Revolt/094
1. Production and Transmission: Multi-function within the Space of We-media/096
2. Trespassing Action: Cultural Practices in the Era of Consumption/101
3. Bestsellers and Spicy Critiques: Poetic Discourse Anchored by Instrumental Rationality/106
4. Bitter Fame or the Death of Poet: Political Subjectivity of Recognition/112
8 Drama: Construction of Mainstream Drams and Direction of Drama Industry/117
1. Laughters on Thunderstorm and the Construction of Mainstream Drama/118
2. Drama Olympics/124
3. Chinese Elements and Global Market: The Development of Drama Industry /132
4. Creative Works/135
9 Multiple-cooperation of Internet Literature and Return to the Mainstream/147
1. Structure: To Mainstream and Prosperity/148
2. Industry: Self-formation and Innovation/150
3. Dynamics: Annual Writers and Works/152
4. Focus: Theorization of Internet Literature/155
5. Trends: Female Writing of Internet Literature/158
6. Outline of Annual Internet Literary Events/160
10 Criticism and Literarty Hotspots/165
1. Learning Xi’s Talk at Literary and Art Forum/165
2. Special Column “Wenxueguanxiang” and its Reverberations/172
3. Dynamics of Internet Literature and Relevant Questions/177
4. Review and Reflections on the Situation of Literary Criticism/181
11 Appendix Ⅰ Annual Literary Voices/186
12 Appendix Ⅱ Annual Chronicle of Events/219
13 Appendix Ⅲ Annual Ranking of Literary Books/247
“Kaijuan” Sales Ranking of Literary books (1-20)/247
“Tencent Literature” Annual Hits Ranking of Literary Books (1-20)/248
Blue Book of China’s Literature, is till now the only annual investigation report on literary situations on the macro scale. It is constituted of experts from Literature Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese Writers Association. Basing on their academic researches, this investigation report is prospective and rich of information. Given the condition of culture environment being prosperous and literature as such undergoing changes, this report aims to sort and count literary products, illustrate literary styles and features, record the innovative footprints, and map out the context of literary field. It is truly a proper reference book for both literary professionals and amateur readers.
Annual Report on China’s Literature (2014-2015) has divided 10 special columns, including General Report, Novel, Novelette, Short Stories, Non-fictional Literature, Prose, Poetry, Drama, Internet Literature, Literary Theories and Criticism, Hotspot, as well as the appendix of book information, which provides a systematic review on Chinese literature, the tendency of literary field, phenomenon and product, lesions and problems, etc., under different subjects respectively. Moreover, it lays emphasis on the problems of macro literary development annually, by analyzing some focal phenomena and tendencies.