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...England's George Orwell is another essential writer, and one with whom Lu Xun shares important traits. Each introduced new terms into the political lexicon: Ah-Q-ism (a proclivity for self-delusion) is as readily understood in China as references to Big Brother are elsewhere. Each author spent most of his adult life as an independent thinker of the left, criticizing dogmatism and hypocrisy wherever it appeared on the political spectrum. Each championed plain forms of writing. And each penned an ironic novella about a revolution that claimed to be about changing everything, but ended up altering only...
...Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer B. Marjorie Gullick can be reached at gullick@college.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Ali R. Leskowitz can be reached at aleskow@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Alice E. Underwood can be reached at aeunderw@fas.harvard.edu...