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Lee Yan Fong Library
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Lee Yan Fong Library |
PL2265 K65 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | 00018019 |
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PL2264 Z483 2012 文史知新 / | PL2264 Z485 2003 文學概論 / | PL2264 Z52 1969 v.1 中國文學研究叢編 / | PL2265 K65 2012 Chinese literature : | PL2268 Y5912 1987 中國文學史 / | PL2268 Y6 1971 中國散文論 / | PL2272 H75 1992 新編古代文學精解 / |
Includes bibliographical references and websites (p. 121-130) and index.
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.
"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.