Theory of Imagination: The Novelistic Method of Kenzaburō Ōe

Author: Wang Zhu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The in the table of contents indicates an upper-lower structure (e.g., Tang; Yu). This series is titled "Comparative Poetics Series," which includes four monographs: "The Pursuit of Modernity in Aesthetics" (by Wang Yijun), "Guo Moruo's Early Psychological Poetics" (by Wu Shizhao), "The Emergence and Evolution of the Discipline of Chinese Aesthetics" (by Fu Ying), and "On Imagination: The Novelistic Method of Kenzaburō ōe" (by Wang Zhu). These works encompass research on the history of Chinese literary theory, explorations of the poetics and creative methods of specific writers, and the establishment of discourse systems derived from creative practice. The issues discussed in the four books have emerged from historical reflections on literary and academic changes over the past century, and they are all closely related to the encounter, collision, and integration of East-West or Sino-Western cultures in the 20th century. The discussions of these issues all employ a comparative approach...