White Deer Plain (novel)
| Author | Chen Zhongshi |
|---|---|
| Original title | 白鹿原 |
| Language | Chinese |
Publication date | 1992-1993 |
| Publication place | China |
| Media type | |
| Awards | Mao Dun Literature Prize (1997) |
White Deer Plain (白鹿原; Bailu yuan), also translated into English as The Field of the White Deer, is a novel written by Chen Zhongshi.[1] The novel began serialization in 1992 and it was published in full in June 1993. Spanning more than 50 years of 20th century Chinese history, it depicts the five decades or so entanglements and struggles between two rural clans in the Bailu Plain near the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province. In 1997, the novel won the 4th Mao Dun Literature Prize.[2]
The epic scope of the novel has also made it a frequent comparison with Lu Yao's Ordinary World which was published in the 1980s, and also won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.[3][4]
The novel has been adapted twice; into a 2011 film adaptation and a 2017 television series adaptation.[5]
References
- ^ Huang, Yiju. "Masterworks of Jia Pingwa and Chen Zhongshi: Temporalities of modernity." Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature. Routledge, 2018. 542-552.
- ^ Jun, Wang. "Ecological Aesthetic Implications of the Image of “White Deer” in The Plain of White Dear." Journal of Social and Political Sciences 3.4 (2020).
- ^ Chen, Yonghua, and Jia Wei Chen. "Research on Literary Style Based on Statistical Analysis of Computational Language." 2021 IEEE International Conference on Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Electronic Engineering (CSAIEE). IEEE, 2021.
- ^ Kong, Dexin. "The International Reception of Shaanxi Rural Literature and Its Challenges of Cultural Adaptation." Contemporary Education Frontiers 3.4 (2025): 164-169.
- ^ Meng, Yuke, and Sirimongkol Natayakulwong. "Bai Lu Yuan: Exploring the Transformation of Ethical Perspectives in Response to the 2017 Adaptation." International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies 22.1 (2024).