Major Issues
Essay Questions
Major Issues
Feng Jicai’s fiction and nonfiction writing provide an important chronicle
of Chinese history, folklore, and the recent and contemporary political and
social climate. Critics note, in particular, his collection and record of the
horrors, atrocities, and absurdities of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. Feng’s
work is often discussed in the context of other memoirs and accounts of the
Cultural Revolution. Feng’s satirical short story "The Street-Sweeping Show"
might also be compared with Heinrich Böll’s social satire "Action Will Be Taken."
