Brief History Of Chinese Fiction

Author : Lu Hsun
Publisher : Olympia Press
ISBN 13 : 1608725944
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Chinese Fiction written by Lu Hsun and published by Olympia Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Chih-tsing Hsia
Publisher : Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9789629966614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Chinese Fiction written by Chih-tsing Hsia and published by Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Modern Chinese Fiction was first published in 1961 and has ever since become a classic in the study of twentieth-century Chinese fiction. This volume accounts the development of Chinese fiction from the Literary Revolution in 1917 to the early 60s. C. T. Hsia delved into the works of important writers such as Lu Hsün, Pa Chin, Lao She, Eileen Chang, and Ch'ien Chung-shu. In Hsia's own words, "the literary historian's first task is always the discovery and appraisal of excellence," and in this belief he re-evaluated the important figures in modern Chinese literature, and "discovered" those who had not been given proper attention. To this day, A History of Modern Chinese Fiction is still a must-read for students interested in modern Chinese literature.

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462921019
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of China written by Jonathan Clements and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered--until now. China's modern resurgence as the world's largest nation in terms of population and its second-largest economy--where 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the space of a few decades--is the greatest untold story of the 21st century. A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich and complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements and other products were produced and exported around the globe. It examines the special conditions that allowed a single culture to unify an entire continent spanning 10 billion square kilometers under the rule of a single man--and the unbelievably rich artistic, literary and architectural heritage that Chinese culture has bequeathed to the world. Equally fascinating is the story of China's decline in the 19th and early 20th century--as Europeans and Americans took center stage--and its modern resurgence as an economic powerhouse in recent years. In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society--from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, and the writings of the great Chinese philosophers Confucius and Laozi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings readers through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping. What really separates this book from its counterparts is the focus on women, and modern themes such as diversity and climate change. Chinese history is typically told through the stories of its most famous men, but Clements' telling gives women equal time and research--which introduces readers of this book to equally important, but less commonly-known facts and historical figures. Often seen in the West in black or white terms--as either a savage dystopia or a fantastical paradise--China is revealed in the book as an exceptional yet troubled nation that nevertheless warrants its self-description as the Middle Kingdom.

Author : Xun Lu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780883550656
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Chinese Fiction written by Xun Lu and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hsiu-Chuang Deppman
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824833732
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adapted for the Screen written by Hsiu-Chuang Deppman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hsiu-Chang Deppman puts landmark contemporary Chinese films in the context of their literary origins & explores how the best Chinese directors adapt fictional narratives & styles for film.

Author : Hsun Lu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Chinese Fiction written by Hsun Lu and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xun Lu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book “A” Brief History of Chinese Fiction written by Xun Lu and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William C. Hedberg
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023155026X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction written by William C. Hedberg and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan) tells the story of a band of outlaws in twelfth-century China and their insurrection against the corrupt imperial court. Imported into Japan in the early seventeenth century, it became a ubiquitous source of inspiration for translations, adaptations, parodies, and illustrated woodblock prints. There is no work of Chinese fiction more important to both the development of early modern Japanese literature and the Japanese imagination of China than The Water Margin. In The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction, William C. Hedberg investigates the reception of The Water Margin in a variety of early modern and modern Japanese contexts, from eighteenth-century Confucian scholarship and literary exegesis to early twentieth-century colonial ethnography. He examines the ways Japanese interest in Chinese texts contributed to new ideas about literary canons and national character. By constructing an account of Japanese literature through the lens of The Water Margin’s literary afterlives, Hedberg offers an alternative history of East Asian textual culture: one that focuses on the transregional dimensions of Japanese literary history and helps us rethink the definition and boundaries of Japanese literature itself.

Author : C. T. Hsia
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253213112
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Chinese Fiction, Third Edition written by C. T. Hsia and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-22 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1961, and reissued in new editions several times, this is the pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction. The book covers some 60 years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76. C. T. Hsia, Prof. Emeritus of Chinese at Columbia Univ., examines the major writers from Lu Hsun to Eileen Chang and representative works since 1949 from both mainland China and Taiwan. The first serious study of modern Chinese fiction in English, this book is also the best study of its subject available. Not only the specialist, but every reader who is interested in China or in literature will find it of interest. Hsia's astute insights and graceful writing make the book enjoyable as well as deeply edifying.

Author : Hsuen Lu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Chinese Fiction, by Lu Hsun written by Hsuen Lu and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: