The Pioneering Consciousness of Dream of the Red Chamber and Its Modern Interpretation

Author: Rao Daoqing
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book aims to stand on the basis of Chinese culture and literature itself, inheriting tradition while adopting modern new perspectives and methods (including Western academic thought) to interpret Dream of the Red Chamber. The entire book employs modern literary criticism theories, such as mythological-poetic criticism, literary hermeneutics, deconstruction, and feminist literary criticism, to offer new interpretations of issues in Dream of the Red Chamber, including its critical spirit, tragic spirit, awareness of death, and concerns about values. Through the interpretation of Dream of the Red Chamber, the book seeks to establish a new spiritual orientation and value concern for the modern world and life.