The Characteristics of Neo-sensationalism of "Shanghai Fox Trot"
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DOI: 10.25236/adlh.2019.042
Corresponding Author
Yang Luxi
Abstract
"Shanghai Fox Trot" is a short story written by the author Mu Shiying in the first issue of Volume II of "Modern" in 1932. The author Mu Shiying depicts various social morbidity of the voluptuous life in metropolis at night through a series of unrelated pictures by means of editing and combining. He outlines the colorful night scene of Shanghai, and expresses the creative characteristics of novels in new sensation school incisively and vividly through the use of modern art techniques to make it jump like movie lenses. "Shanghai Fox Trot" is an unprecedented new experience of the author Mu Shiying's novel technique.
Keywords
"Shanghai Fox Trot", Mu Shiying, New sensation school