roddy Posted November 20, 2003 at 11:47 AM Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 at 11:47 AM I picked up a magazine / journal today called 当代, about half of which is taken up with an investigation of rural areas ( 中国农民调查), with the rest being medium-length fiction. The investigation comes under the heading of 报告文学, which is a phrase I've not heard before. The journal itself (and my dictionary) translates it as Reportage. However, from what I've read of the piece so far, it's pretty much heavy-weight investigative journalism, involving two years of field-trips. In the introduction, the authors seem to say that reporting shouldn't be left to only reporters, but that writers have a responsibility not only to chart the course of history, but to investigate and influence it too. Would anyone say this is a tradition among Chinese writers? Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 20, 2003 at 12:20 PM Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 at 12:20 PM But this kind of writing is quite common. And the term 報告文學 has been around for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 20, 2003 at 12:31 PM Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 at 12:31 PM I'm sure it has - I'm just quite intrigued that people who term themselves writers seem to be doing more investigating than the people who call themselve journalists. Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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