@article{Nishant Kumar_2021, title={Understanding the Nobel Laureate ‘Mo Yan’ Through His Fiction}, volume={6}, url={https://thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/55}, DOI={10.53032/TCL.2021.6.1.07}, abstractNote={<p>One of the main characteristics of Contemporary Chinese Literature is that it has remained true to the time it represented. Although it has been used extensively to serve the political agenda of the Communist party on occasions, but it has managed to carry forward the idea of realism, which started to flourish during the May Fourth period. After the announcement of the policy of “Reform and Opening up” by Deng Xiaoping in the Post Mao period China, a brilliant story teller emerged from the rural area of Gaomi in Shandong province of China. This paper aims to understand the phenomena created by Mo Yan’s writings in contemporary period of Chinese literature. The paper initially has discussed the major trends in post-Mao period Chinese literature to provide the background for understanding the emergence of Mo Yan. The paper has tried to discuss the major trends in Mo Yan’s writings focusing on the fiction-world created by him in his novels. Then it has further analysed the characteristics of Mo Yan’s writings. Finally, through the analysis of available contents a conclusion has been drawn.</p>}, number={1}, journal={The Creative Launcher}, author={Nishant Kumar}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={54–62} }