Duan Jifang

Duan Jifang is a prominent Chinese scholar and professor at South China Normal University, specializing in aesthetic culture and critical theory. He serves as the chief expert for a major project funded by the National Social Science Fund, focusing on the interpretation and contemporary development of Marxist literary theory. His recent work emphasizes the rise of 'New Popular Literature' in contemporary China, a creative form influenced by technology and media that seeks to deepen the relationship between art and the public, reflecting the evolving dynamics of cultural production and consumption in the digital age.