Xiaosi Talks about Chung Wai Ming and the Influence of Radio Drama

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In addition to traditional culture, during the late 40s and early 50s，many groups were performing dramas on radio, and among their plays were those adapted from modern Chinese literary works such as “Thunderstorm”, “Sunrise”, the trilogy of “Family”, “Spring” and “Autumn”, and short stories such as “Returning South”. In my case, I had first heard these works on radio before I read the text version in primary school. The effect is much better to have first heard the stories and then read the novels afterwards. Even when I was studying modern literature at university, my classmates had to start from scratch while I already had a basic understanding of the works so that I had an advantage over them. It was the same with classical literature which I studied in the fourth year at University; the works I heard on radio formed a strong foundation for me as a literature scholar.

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