Overseas negotiations on literature

Author: Zhang Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: In the nearly two decades following China's reform and opening-up, exchanges of scholars, writers, and artists have continuously strengthened through academic activities abroad. The three manuscripts selected here are lectures delivered by our scholars in academic settings such as universities overseas. They discuss aesthetics, Buddhism, or literature, inheriting traditional excellent culture while fully reflecting the research achievements of scholars in their respective fields. This book is divided into three parts: Theoretical Discussion, Author Analysis, and Thematic Lectures. Specifically includes: The Tradition of Historical Narrative in Chinese Literature, Historical Perspectives in Contemporary Red Narratives, The Reappearance and Transformation of Enlightenment Historical Narratives, The Phenomena and Characteristics of New Historicist Narratives, Yu Hua's Historical Narratives, The New Historicist Consciousness in Su Tong's Novels, The New Historicist Consciousness in Ge Fei's Novels, Mo Yan's New Historicist Narratives, The Longest Dream as a New Historicist Narrative, The New Historicist Consciousness in Third-Generation Poetry, From Language to History: The Significance of Wang Shuo, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Chinese Literature, The Transformation of Folk Concepts in Contemporary Times and Their Forms, The Echoes of History: On Zhang Wei's Family, The Gentle Village—The Historical Narrative of Rural Life in Zhang Wei's Works.