Research on Ming Dynasty Strange Tales and Legendary Fiction

Author: Chen Guojun
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Driven by the concept of periodized and segmented novel history, this book uses the novel text as the longitude and the historical facts of novel development as the latitude. It not only describes the historical system of novel trends, schools, and literary styles but also examines the inner world of novelists through the text. It aims to combine macroscopic grasp with microscopic investigation, as well as overall elaboration with individual exploration, to as an individual novel text and the style of the novelist within a relatively stable system. Starting with crucial categories in the development of Ming Dynasty's strange tales and legendary novels, such as "poetry-novel," "middle-length legendary novel," "using the method of legendary tales to record strange events," and "novel criticism," this book explores the rise and fall, transformation, and evolution of novel creation or novel phenomena under different historical contexts. It delves as deeply as possible into the cultural factors behind literary schools or phenomena, uncovering the cultural elements of novel development.