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Scar Literature
Years active1978 Onwards
LocationMainland China
Major figuresLiu Xinwu
Zhang Chengzhi
Influences
  • Cultural Revolution
  • Boluan Fanzheng Movement
  • Political persecution
  • Trauma
Scar literature
Traditional Chinese傷痕文學
Simplified Chinese伤痕文学
Hanyu PinyinShānghén wénxué

Scar literature or literature of the wounded (Chinese: 伤痕文学; pinyin: shānghén wénxué) is a genre of Chinese literature which emerged in the late 1970s during the "Boluan Fanzheng" period, soon after the death of Mao Zedong, portraying the sufferings of cadres and intellectuals during the experiences of the Cultural Revolution and the rule of the Gang of Four.[1]

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