On Muckraking Novels Of Late Qing Dynasty

Muckraking Novels is one kind of the most ambiguous novels among Modern Chinese Literature history. Most of Researchers have critical comments on muckraking novels. The researchers in old society never have right comment on them and buried their historic value in Literature. This Article is trying to Re-examine the literature value and unique place in Literature of muckraking novels in historic and factualistic attitude.The 1st part of essay tells the readers the origin of muckraking novels, analysis the social background of boom of muckraking novels and at last gives a definition about them. The 2nd part of essay is analyzing the literature value of them from more than four aspects, for example authenticity, news value, legend of story, region language etc. the 3rd part of essay proof author's idea with three classic muckraking novels mentioned in the subheading.Due to limited time, the author only choose three muckraking novels in late Qing Dynasty as essay materials, there are also other classical muckraking novels in different dynasties. The boom of muckraking novels is not over. Documentary novels in current time also reveal the truth. Do two kinds of novels have some kind of relationships? When the muckraking novels boomed in China, they also boomed in America. Is there some reason behind this phenomenon? These problems are author's targets for further study.