Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun chronicles a man's descent to insanity or madness, as claimed by both the Madman himself and the society he lived in. As contextualized in the story, the Madman has already recovered from this 'illness' that befell him, an Continue Reading...
U.S. War in Iraq Mental Decadence A number of strikingly poignant similarities exist in the short stories composed by A.B. Yehoshua, "Facing the Forests," and Lu Xun, "A Madman's Diary." The most eminent of these, however, pertains to the thematic Continue Reading...
Lu Xun's a Madman's Diary Story references taken from Norton's Anthology, Expanded Edition No page numbers listed as requested, chapters listed instead Writers are often influenced by their circumstances and, as a result, inspired to write about th Continue Reading...
Lu Xun The founding of the Chinese Communist Party was preceded by an influential intellectual movement called the New Culture Movement. Usually dated between 1915 and 1919, the New Culture Movement was headed by Chen Duxiu of Beijing University, as Continue Reading...
Tradition and Modernity in "A Madman's Diary" During Lu Xun's time, China was witnessing a landmark political and economic change. This was the time for the popular May Fourth Movement in 1919 following the announcement of the terms of the Versaill Continue Reading...
His parents, no longer supported by him financially, are so repelled by his transformation that they completely ostracize their son. Even his sister, when her brother becomes a social pariah withdraws from him, despite his former support for her vi Continue Reading...
Meantime, on page 107 (Chapter 2) a good character description of Ah Q. is provided by the narrator: "There was only a single instance when anyone had ever praised him," and that happened to be when Ah Q. was actually the butt of a joke. Ah Q. was Continue Reading...
