Shanghai Luxun Museum

Shanghai Lu Xun Museum上海鲁迅纪念馆

Shanghai Lu Xun Museum is located to the right of the main entrance of Lu Xun Park, directly behind Hongkou Stadium. This fascinating museum is dedicated to the life and works of Lu Xun (1881-1936), a writer, translator, and essayist considered the founder of modern Chinese literature. Often writing in the vernacular, simplified Chinese of the common man of his day, Lu Xun became the recognized leader of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai during the tumultuous pre-war period of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Lu Xun’s most renowned masterpiece is The True Story of Ah Q. Lu Xun also spent time in Japan as a student, and was present in China during the convulsive pre-war period of his country’s history, thus affording him a comprehensive perspective on the travails China was to experience during his lifetime.

Field Trip Information

LIT 102 Intro to literary theory writ large: The trip exposed students to a performance with a complex narrative structure. It was a final item for them to analyze in a course about literary theory as it illuminated the works of a renowned historical author. Students were exposed to a multitude of primary historical literary sources that helped expose them to important facets of Chinese literary history at large.
SOCIAL114 Love, Marriage, and Family in Comparative Perspective: This activity enriched students’ understanding about abut the matchmaking market and some unique characteristics of the matching market in China. Thus, students gained a deeper understanding of how China’s pre-war period families operated, how love was viewed, and how marriage worked, which they could use to compare to modern society.