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Abstract Mass media teems with rumors of literature but literature itself. This is a form of the literary life of our age, a form that is familiar to many of us. Another aspect of the literary life of our age is entertainment and entertaining literature, including detective stories, chivalry novels, love stories, science fictions, and fantasy novels. Entertaining literature has little to do with our real life experience. Although the fact that the public has enormous discursive power is its another feature, the weight of public discursive power in each field should be reconsidered. Literature is more than entertainment; it should probe more deeply into the complexity of man, interpret the subtle knotted life waves that no other disciplines can give a satisfactory explanation, and bring out its potential of improving life experience. The special focus of literature is the ins and outs of daily life, so literature should dig to this level, caring not only social history, but life as well.
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Received: 20 September 2011
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2012, Vol. 14 
