Law and Literature (Using Traditional Chinese Drama as Material)

Author: Su Li
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book attempts to expand a new field in contemporary Chinese legal theory research—law and literature. The author primarily uses some traditional Chinese dramas as material to analyze legal or some theoretical issues related to law. The author also hopes to create the possibility of Chinese law and literature studies as a branch of legal theory research, thereby providing some evidence for legal theory. This book attempts to expand a new field in contemporary Chinese legal theory research—law and literature. I will primarily use some traditional Chinese dramas as material to analyze some theoretical issues related to law. Although the material used is literary, historical, and therefore local, my fundamental concern is current, realistic, and therefore general. This concern is manifested in, first, I attempt to elucidate, from a theoretical logical perspective—rather than the traditional "allegory" or implication or allusion— the relevance of these issues to the construction of Chinese law and order today; second, in this effort, I hope to create the possibility of Chinese law and literature studies as a branch of legal theory research, and more generally—in line with my previous efforts—to create the possibility of thinking about our theoretical issues in China that also have a general meaning. The former focuses on legal institutions, while the latter focuses on legal theory. This book attempts to expand a new field in contemporary Chinese legal theory research—law and literature. I will primarily use some traditional Chinese dramas as material to analyze some theoretical issues related to law. Although the material used is literary, historical, and therefore local, my fundamental concern is current, realistic, and therefore general. This concern is manifested in, first, I attempt to elucidate, from a theoretical logical perspective—rather than the traditional "allegory" or implication or allusion— the relevance of these issues to the construction of Chinese law and order today; second, in this effort, I hope to create the possibility of Chinese law and literature studies as a branch of legal theory research, and more generally—in line with my previous efforts—to create the possibility of thinking about our theoretical issues in China that also have a general meaning. The former focuses on legal institutions, while the latter focuses on legal theory.