Li Yang is Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Program of Asian Studies at Lafayette College, USA.

1. Introduction

Part I. Institution

2. The Socialist Film System

3. Separation of Production

4. Institutions of Consecration

Part II. Aesthetics

5. In the Mix: The Early Sixth Generation Cinema

6. The Impulse to Record: The Neorealist Style

7. The World of Psychological and Symbolic Complexity: The Expressionist Style

Conclusion