The Subversive Self in Modern Chinese Literature

The Creation Society's Reinvention of the Japanese Shishosetsu
2004
ISBN: 978-1-4039-6466-3
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Reihe: Comparative Perspectives on Modern Asia

An examination of whether Chinese writers of the Creation Society, a Chinese literary coterie, successfully appropriated shishosetsu, a quintessentially Japanese form of autobiographical narrative, into a form to be exploited for their own ends, especially political ends.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keaveney, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Creation Society's Reception of the Japanese Shishosetsu * Creation Society Fiction and the Subjective Quality of May Fourth Literature * Bundan vs. Wentan: The Dynamics of the Literary Coterie and Its Audience(s) * The Creation Society's Remaking of the Shishosetsu * The Limits of Subversion: Social and Political Critique in Creation Society Fiction * The Legacy of the Shishosetu in Chinese Literature

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher T. Keaveney is a Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies and co-chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Linfield College, USA.