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Chinese Literature
Author | : Sabina Knight |
Publsiher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2012-02-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780195392067 |
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This book tells the story of Chinese literature, from prehistory to the present, in terms of literary culture's key role in supporting social and political concerns. A welcome guide for teachers, students, and lay readers, Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction honours traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history and philosophy, as well as the evolution of poetry and poetics, storytelling, drama, and the novel.
Modern China A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Rana Mitter |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2008-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780191578793 |
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China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Chinese Literature A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Sabina Knight |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2012-02-03 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780199913138 |
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Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in supporting social and political concerns. Embracing traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history and philosophy as well as poetry and poetics, storytelling, drama, and the novel, Sabina Knight discusses the philosophical foundations of literary culture as well as literature's power to address historical trauma and cultivate moral and sensual passions. From ancient historical records through the modernization and globalization of Chinese literature, Knight draws on lively examples to underscore the close relationship between ethics and aesthetics, as well as the diversity of Chinese thought. Knight also illuminates the role of elite patronage; the ways literature has served the interests of specific groups; and questions of canonization, language, nationalism, and cross-cultural understanding. The book includes Chinese characters for names, titles, and key terms.
The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature 1000 BCE 900 CE
Author | : Wiebke Denecke,Wai-yee Li,Xiaofei Tian |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780199356591 |
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This handbook of Classical Chinese literature from 1000 bce through 900 ce aims to provide a solid introduction to the field, inspire scholars in Chinese Studies to explore innovative conceptual frameworks and pedagogical approaches in the studying and teaching of classical Chinese literature, and facilitate a comparative dialogue with scholars of premodern East Asia and other classical and medieval literary traditions around the world. The handbook integrates issue-oriented, thematic, topical, and cross-cultural approaches to the classical Chinese literary heritage with historical perspectives. It introduces both literature and institutions of literary culture, in particular court culture and manuscript culture, which shaped early and medieval Chinese literary production.
Chinese Literature
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:494572927 |
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Chinese Literature
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Chinese literature |
ISBN | : OCLC:33099734 |
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Japanese Literature a Very Short Introduction
Author | : Alan Tansman |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Japanese literature |
ISBN | : 9780199765256 |
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"With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japan literature encompasses a vast range of forms and genres. Since the eighth century, poetry and the non-philosophical lyric voice have occupied a central position in Japanese literary expression. The art of narrative blossomed in the eleventh century with one of the world's great literary masterpieces, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji and later in the work of the great modern novelists Natsume Sôseki, Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Kawabata Yasunari, Kôbo Abe, and Ôe Kenzaburô. Beginning with Murasaki and through the present day, Japanese women have occupied a central place in the tradition: Higuchi Ichiyô, Kôda Aya, Takahashi Takako, among others. Japanese literature birthed other genres no less important than poetry and narrative, among them the literary diary, the free-flowing essay, drama, the picture book, and the literary treatise"--
Children s Literature A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Kimberley Reynolds |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011-10-06 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780191620126 |
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Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, classic books such as Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, and The Secret Garden, to modern works including Harry Potter and the Twilight series, thisVery Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, whilst at the same time introducing key debates, developments, and figures in the field. Raising questions about what shape the future of literature for children should take, and exploring the crossover with adult fiction, Reynolds shows that writing for children - whether on page or screen - has participated in shaping and directing ideas about culture, society and childhood. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.