Chinese Literature 3rd Edition by Dan Yao, Jinhui Deng, Feng Wang, Huiyun Tang ISBN 978-0521186780 0521186781
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ISBN 10: 0521186781
ISBN 13: 978-0521186780
Author: Dan Yao, Jinhui Deng, Feng Wang, Huiyun Tang
Chinese literature has a long, distinctive history and has played an important part in shaping the cultural identity of the Chinese people. This literature provides a window into human relationships, society, politics, spirituality and philosophy at any given time in China’s history. This accessible, illustrated introduction takes the reader through the rich Chinese literary tradition from ancient times to the twentieth century, exploring poetry, opera, drama, novels, short stories, the modern media and the authors who created these cultural treasures.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: ANCIENT CHINESE LITERATURE
by Yao Dan
The Book of Songs: The Earliest Anthology of Poetry
“Folk Songs of Fifteen Regions” (Guofeng)
The Epic of the Western Zhou People
Prose Writings of Various Schools of Thought during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period
Tao Te Ching
The Analects
Mencius
Zhuangzi
Qu Yuan: A Romantic Lyricist
Qu Yuan
The Lament on Encountering Sorrows
Records of the Historian: The First and Last Work by Historians, Li Sao without Rhyme
Pre-Qin Historical Books
About Records of the Historian
Characterization in Records of the Historian
History and Literature
Literature in the Wei and Jin Period: Jian’an Literature and Tao Yuanming
Li Bai and Du Fu: the Two Summits of Tang Poetry
Li Bai-A Romantic Genius
Su Fu-A Compassionate Sage
Ci Poetry: Poems that can be Sung
Su Shi
Li Qingzhao
Xin Qiji
Two Outstanding Playwrights of Yuan Opera
Guan Hanging
Wang Shifu
Classical Fiction in the Ming Dynasty
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Outlaws of the Marsh
Journey to the West
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Short Stories of the Qing Dynasty
A Dream of Red Mansions: The Pinnacle of Classical Literature
PART TWO: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LITERATURE
by Deng Jinhui, Wang Feng and Tang Huiyun
Lu Xun: Founder of New Vernacular Literature
The Transformation of Literature
Lu Xun
Modern Fiction: Echo of the Times
Mao Dun and Modern Fiction
Ba Jin and His “Torrent Trilogy”
Lao She and “Beijing Style” Citizen Fiction
“Beijing School” and “Shanghai School”
New Poetry: Finding a Voice of their Own
Guo Moruo: A Destroyer and a Creator
Ai Qing: A Singer of the Land and the Sun
Mu Dan: Richness vs. Rich Suffering
Modern Drama
Literature in the New Era: Reflections, Root-Seeking and Explorations
Memories of Historical Wounds
Root-Seeking and Countryside Literature
Avant-garde Novels
Neo-Realism
New Poetry
Contemporary Literature: Writing for the Public
New Historical Novels: Voices of Individuality
Cultural Prose: A New Literary Style
Youth Writing: Keeping Abreast with Fashion
Film-Television Literature and Cyber-Literature
Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
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