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This research examines the training of socialist writers at the Central Institute of Literature between 1950 and 1957.

Institutional Experiments in Training Socialist Writers in Early PRC China : Focusing on Ding Ling and the Central Institute of Literature (1950-1957)

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Institutional experiments trained writers in socialist ideology, indicating challenges faced in the process.

This research examines the training of socialist writers at the Central Institute of Literature between 1950 and 1957.
Focus on curriculum areas like Chinese literature, foreign literature, literary theory, and political practice.
Detail the roles of prominent writers and scholars as visiting lecturers.
Analyze the ideological motivations behind the establishment and eventual dissolution of the Institute.
The CIL sought to reshape writers into public subjects under Party-state ideology.
Internal tensions arose due to conflicting educational styles, including Soviet and Yan’an influences.
The Institute was abolished following the political downfall of key figure Ding Ling.

Woo-kyung Im (2026) studied this question.

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