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Title:: Development and Pursuit of Literary History Ideology：Some Thoughts on Compiling A Chronicle of Chinese Modern Novels

Abstract:: As a stylistic paradigm of modern novel history， a chronicle of modern novels should include thefollowing components：1) historical materials on the social， economical and cultural ecologies for the writing ofthe novels； 2) materials on the process of writing the novels； 3) materials on the dissemination and acceptanceof the novels； 4) materials on the evaluation and criticism of the literary value of the novels； 5) materials on theartistic value of the binding and layout design for the novels. The first hand materials from these five aspectscan provide an objective comprehensive picture of the development of modern novels. The objectivity of theevaluation given by such type of chronicle is also guaranteed by the following principle： the examination，selection， compilation and evaluation of the materials are all conducted by taking such a perspective as is basedon respecting history， aesthetic taste， human nature and the reality of that time； the distortion of historical factsis minimized through avoiding the narrow perspective imposed by some political and pragmatic considerations.This kind of history of modern novels can present its readers with a panorama， characterized by its great depth，width and details， which can bring them back to the original scene of the production of modern novels and isfaithful to the history and logic of the development of modern novels.