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Xie dai ; vol. 5, no 6 ; Oct. (Shanghai 1934).
"Of all the present-day literatures in the world, the American is the only one, besides that of the Soviet Union, which can be called 'modern' in the true sense of the word. Today's United States is an example of the possibility of establishing an independent national literature in the 20th century. What a great encouragement it is to our Movement [New culture movement] which has cut off all its ties with the past tradition and is struggling to form a new and independent literature." In addition to Hong Shen's criticism of Mourning becomes Electra, O'Neill's Rope was considered 'flat' by its translator Yuan Changyin for employing 'surprise' rather than 'dramatic irony' as its main device.