Introduction to Chinese Literature

Author: Yuan Xingpei
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Publish Date: 2000-08-16
Features: This book is the lecture notes by the author on Chinese literature while teaching at Aichi University in Japan. The book consists of 6 chapters of general discussions and 4 chapters of specific analyses, establishing a narrative and analytical system that is distinct from both literary history and literary theory. The content is concise yet theoretically profound, covering the development of Chinese literature over more than two thousand years within a mere 200,000 words.