Editing History of literature (section)

=== Late modern East Asia ===
==== Qing dynasty and Republic of China ====
{{Further|Chinese literature|Qing poetry}}

The [[Qing dynasty]] saw the return of prose literature as a vehicle primarily for Confucian teaching, and individualist literature declined.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|pp=787–788}} The [[Three Masters of Jiangdong]] were the most prominent poets during the [[transition from Ming to Qing]].{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=773}} [[Wang Shizhen (poet)|Wang Shizhen]] led poetry trends in the Early Qing period through the expression of sentimentality through imagery and prosody rather than vocabulary, particularly with his ''[[Autumn Willows: Four Poems]]''. Song lyrics also reemerged as a popular poetic form as literary critics viewed the individual aria as unrefined.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|pp=778–781}} Heroic fiction was adapted to popular novels in the Early Qing period. [[Supernatural fiction]] also became popular, including ''[[Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio]]'' by [[Pu Songling]].{{Sfn|Luo|2011|pp=845–848}}

In the Middle Qing period, [[Shen Deqian]], [[Weng Fanggang]], and [[Yuan Mei]] each formed new trends in poetry in opposition to the style of Wang Shizhen.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=793}} ''[[Pianwen]]'' became popular among prose writers in the Middle Qing period in opposition to the [[Tongcheng school]].{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=805}} ''[[Six Records of a Floating Life]]'' was an autobiography by [[Shen Fu]] that emphasized direct language and emotional appeal over style.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|pp=810–811}} Performing arts of the Middle Qing period included the northern ''[[guci]]'' drum lyric and the southern ''[[tanci]]'' strummed lyric, the latter of which was often written by women poets.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=819}} Novels of the Middle Qing period included [[The Scholars (novel)|''The Scholars'']] and ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]'', both of which eschewed popular taste in favor of philosophy.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=861}} Drama went out of fashion among the [[Qing literati]], though theatrical performances remained common entertainment for the public.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=839}} In the Late Qing period, Western culture was a significant influence on Chinese society.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=823}} The [[Tongguang school]] was popular among adherents to typical Chinese poetry, styled after that of the Song dynasty.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|p=827}} Chivalrous novels telling the tales of folk heroes, political novels that were critical of the falling Qing government, and genre fiction all became popular in the final years of the Qing dynasty.{{Sfn|Luo|2011|pp=882–886}}

Literature in the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] reflected the societal changes brought about by the [[1911 Revolution]]. Chinese literature broke away from classical tradition and literary restrictions with the [[New Literature Movement]] in 1919, beginning with works such as ''Experiments'' by [[Hu Shih]], [[Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun)|''Diary of a Madman'']] by [[Lu Xun]], and ''The Goddess'' by [[Guo Moruo]]. The [[May Fourth Movement]] was a further cultural movement that promoted the use of [[Written vernacular Chinese|vernacular Chinese]]. Advocates of [[Liberalism in China|liberal reform in China]] supported these shifts in literary tradition to challenge imperial institutions, and these works typically supported humanism and individualism. A refutation of individualism emerged in response at the onset of the [[Chinese Civil War]], and revolutionary literature was spread in support of the [[Chinese Red Army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mian |first=Xie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=baHPDgAAQBAJ |title=The Ideological Transformation of 20th Century Chinese Literature |date=2015-12-09 |publisher=Enrich Professional Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-62320-079-4 |pages=1–20 |language=en |chapter=Introduction: A Centenary of New Chinese Literature |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404203908/https://books.google.com/books?id=baHPDgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Japanese literature ====
{{Further|Japanese literature}}

==== Korean literature ====
{{Further|Korean literature}}