Bibliograph

Chinese literature, a very short introduction, Sabina Knight

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Chinese literature, a very short introduction, Sabina Knight

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and websites (pages 121-130) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chinese literature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

733223513

Responsibility statement

Sabina Knight

Series statement

Very short introductions, 302

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

"This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture has 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 underscores the close relationship between ethics and aesthetics, as well as the diversity of Chinese thought."--Publisher description

Table Of Contents

Foundations: ethics, parables, and fish -- Poetry and poetics: landscapes, allusions, and alcohol -- Classical narrative: history, jottings, and tales of the strange -- Vernacular drama and fiction: gardens, bandits, and dreams -- Modern literature: trauma, movements, and bus stops

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