Routledge Companion to Jia Pingwa

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-03639-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 790 g

Reihe: Chinese Literature Series from a Global Perspective

This edited volume brings together global perspectives on the works of Jia Pingwa (1952–), one of the most important writers of contemporary China. It aims to promote dialogue on contemporary Chinese literature between the Chinese- and English-speaking academic communities.

By examining Jia Pingwa’s work and related research from a global perspective, this collection offers in-depth analyses of his individual texts and a comprehensive review of his creative journey. The book covers research overview, studies within China, and international influence. The contents span from biographical information to detailed analyses of his various works, examining his literary style, themes, and cultural impact. It presents a concentrated view of Jia Pingwa studies since the New Era and provides a framework for situating, reflecting upon, and understanding the development of contemporary Chinese literature in a global context.

The Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese studies and contemporary Chinese literature, as well as readers interested in Jia Pingwa’s work.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xiaoming, Chen

Xiaoqin, Zhang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 A Short Biography of Jia Pingwa

Yang Tianhao

PART I: Overview of Research on Jia Pingwa

2 Research on Jia Pingwa in China

Li Yaxin

3 The Study on the Spread and Influence of Jia Pingwa’s Works Outside of China

Sun Li’ang

4 Translation and Studies of Jia Pingwa’s Works in the English-Speaking World

Jiang Zhiqin

PART II: Research on Jia Pingwa

5 The Descriptive Art of Jia Pingwa’s Works

Ding Fan

6 Preface to Jia Pingwa’s Essay Moontrace

Sun Li

7 Shangzhou: Jia Pingwa’s World of Novel

Li Zhensheng

8 The Aestheticization of Life—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Personality and Temperament

Fei Bingxun

9 The Struggle of the Soul—An Analysis of Ruined City

Lei Da

10 An Informal Discussion on Ruined City

Wang Furen

11 An Analysis of Jia Pingwa

Hu Heqing

12 People and Culture: The Pursuit of “Countrymen”—A Comparative Research on Works of Shen Congwen and Jia Pingwa

Zhao Xueyong

13 Concern and Worry about Contemporary China—A Review of Jia Pingwa’s Novel, The Earthen Gate

Meng Fanhua

14 The Literary Significance of Jia Pingwa

Li Xing

15 An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Literary Creation

Wang Zheng

16 Concern of Survival—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Psychological Landscape and Personality

Han Luhua

17 Rereading Ruined City

Zhang Xinying

18 Honoring the Soul, Contemplating Life—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa, Qin Opera and Its Narrative Ethics

Xie Youshun

19 The Literary Prowess of Jia Pingwa

Sun Yu

20 An Analysis of Zhuang Zhidie

Li Jingze

21 The Narrative of Violence and Lyrical Style—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Old Kiln and Other Works

David Der-wei Wang

22 A Disciple of Nature—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Literary Perspective

Luan Meijian

23 Jia Pingwa’s Affinity for Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting

Cheng Guangwei

24 Through My Eyes: Jia Pingwa

Mo Yan

25 He Writes “In Wolf Skin”—Looking at Jia Pingwa’s “Turn” from Cherish the Memory of the Wolf

Chen Xiaoming

26 Who Is Awake When Laosheng Dreams of Butterfly—Jia Pingwa’s Laosheng

Zhang Xiaoqin

27 Jia Pingwa and the Formation of Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Novels

Zhu Shoutong

28 Beyond or Behind the Blankness—Notes of Reading Jia Pingwa’s Blankness

Zhang Qinghua

29 Birth and Death of Countless “Thoughts”—An Analysis of Shanben

Gao Yuanbao

30 The Second Turning Point on Jia Pingwa’s Creative Road

Shinichirou Shiozaki

Appendix: Chronology of Jia Pingwa’s Creations (1973–2018)

Kou Yanrong

Afterword

Chen Xiaoming

Über Autor(innen)

Chen Xiaoming is Professor and the Dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, Beijing, China. He specializes in literary criticism of modern and contemporary Chinese literature and postmodern literary theory.

Zhang Xiaoqin is Professor at Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China. Her research focuses on ideological trends in literature and the works of major writers in modern China.