Imagination Theory: The Novel Method of Kenzaburō Ōe: The Novel Method of Kenzaburō Ōe

Author: Wang Zhu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: In the table of contents, the asterisk () indicates a vertical structure (e.g., Tang; Yu). This series is titled "Comparative Poetics Series," consisting of four monographs: "The Pursuit of Modernity in Aesthetics" by Wang Yijun, "Guo Moruo's Early Poetic Psychology" by Wu Shizhao, "The Emergence and Evolution of the Discipline of Chinese Aesthetics" by Fu Ying, and "On Imagination: The Novelist's Method of Kojuro Oe" by Wang Zhu. These works include research on the history of Chinese literary theory, explorations of poetic propositions and creative methods of specific writers, and discourse systems established through creative practice. The issues discussed in the four books have emerged from reflections on the historical changes in literature and academia over the past century, and they are all closely related to the encounter, collision, and integration of East-West or Sino-Western cultures in the 20th century. The discussions of these issues all employ a comparative approach...