A Concise History of Chinese Literature

A Concise History of Chinese Literature
Author: Yuming Luo
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1025
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004203664

Adopting new theoretical perspectives and using updated research, this book by a leading Chinese scholar seeks to provide a coherent, panoramic description of the development of premodern Chinese literature and its major characteristics.

Chinese Literature

Chinese Literature
Author: Sabina Knight
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2012-02-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019539206X

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.

A Concise History of Chinese Literature (2 vols.)

A Concise History of Chinese Literature (2 vols.)
Author: Yuming Luo
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 2011-06-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004203672

A history of Chinese literature from its early beginnings through the end of the Qing dynasty, this recent work from Professor Luo Yuming of China’s Fudan University seeks to provide, by adopting new theoretical perspectives and using updated research, a coherent, panoramic description of the development of Chinese literature and its major characteristics. As one of the very few English translations of such works by Chinese authors it seeks to inform the Western audience of the recent viewpoints and scholarship on the topic from a leading Chinese scholar. It may also provide some grounds of comparison and contrast with equivalent works in the West.

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction
Author: Lu Hsun
Publisher: Olympia Press
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1608725944

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction grew out of the lecture notes Lu Hsun used when teaching a course on Chinese fiction at Peking University between 1920 and 1924. In December 1923 a first volume was printed and in June 1924 a second volume. In September 1925 these were reprinted as one book. In 1930 the author made certain changes, but all subsequent editions have remained the same.

A Guide to Chinese Literature

A Guide to Chinese Literature
Author: Wilt Idema
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0892641231

Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997. A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial to understanding its writings, the second part is broken into five major time periods (earliest times to 100 c.e.; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present) corresponding to changes in book production. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these periods. The reference section in the cloth edition includes an annotated bibliography of more than 120 pages; the paper edition has a shorter bibliography and is intended for classroom use.

A New Literary History of Modern China

A New Literary History of Modern China
Author: David Der-wei Wang
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 1033
Release: 2017-05-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0674967917

Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors, this landmark volume, edited by David Der-wei Wang, explores unconventional forms as well as traditional genres, emphasizes Chinese authors’ influence on foreign writers as well as China’s receptivity to outside literary influences, and offers vibrant contrasting voices and points of view.

A Concise History of China

A Concise History of China
Author: J. A. G. Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674000759

Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.

A Brief History of Qi

A Brief History of Qi
Author: Yu Huan Zhang
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0912111631

A Brief History of Qi takes the reader through the mysterious terrain of Chinese Medicine, Chinese language, Chinese martial arts and Qi Gong - a truly evocative guide to virtually all the traditional Chinese arts and sciences. This book is devoted to a topic represented by a single Chinese character, Qi. When presented with the concept of Qi, students of Chinese culture, Chinese medicine, Chinese martial arts and a wide range of Chinese traditional arts and sciences face one of the most perplexing challenges of their tenure. The book begins with an examination of Qi's linguistic and literary roots, stretching back through the shadowy mists of Chinese pre-civilisation. The authors then trace the development of the concept of Qi through a number of related traditional Chinese disciplines including painting, poetry, medicine and martial arts. The book concludes with an examination of the depth and breadth of Qi as manifested in life's cycles.

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature
Author: Li-hua Ying
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1538130068

Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale. An integral part of world literature from the moment it was born, it has been in constant dialogue with its counterparts from the rest of the world. As it has been challenged and enriched by external influences, it has contributed to the wealth of literary culture of the entire world. In terms of themes and styles, modern Chinese literature is rich and varied; from the revolutionary to the pastoral, from romanticism to feminism, from modernism to post-modernism, critical realism, psychological realism, socialist realism, and magical realism. Indeed, it encompasses a full range of ideological and aesthetic concerns. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. It offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature.