Grotesque and Satirical (Interpretation of Popular Fiction in the Ming and Qing Dynasties)

Author: Liu Yanping
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book aims to explore the elements of absurd satire in popular novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The discussion of popular novels includes works such as Journey to the West, A Supplement to the Journey to the West, The Legend of Slaying Demons, Commentary and Performance of the Legend of Jigong, the thirty-first to fortieth continuations of The Legend of Jigong, and Flowers in the Mirror. Although the absurd satire theory adopted in this book is primarily based on Western discourse, theory is merely a tool. The purpose is to use this tool to provide another perspective and viewpoint for the study of chaptered satirical novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties.