Discuss the changes in the image of the peasant in modern Chinese fiction. Possible examples
include Lu Xun’s “My Old Home”, Mao Dun’s “Spring Silkworms”, Ding Ling’s “When I was in Hsia
Village”, Zhao Shuli’s “Lucky”, Wu Zuxiang’s “Young Master Gets His Tonic”, Lu Ling’s “The
Coffins”, Gao Xiaosheng’s “Li Shunda Builds a House”, Qiao Dianyun’s “A Wordless Monument”, Mao
Yan’s “The Cure”, and Li Rui’s “Electing a Thief”.