Poetry and Reflection: Academic Lectures from the Chinese Department of Shanghai University

Author: Chen Xiaolan
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book covers various fields such as classical Chinese literature, modern and contemporary literature, literary theory, foreign literature, comparative literature, and linguistics. It addresses issues in the study of classical Chinese literature, such as the historical consciousness problem, the rewriting of the history of fiction, the relationship between patriarchal thought and Chinese narrative art, the influence of Chinese culture on national character, the absence of public concepts in traditional Chinese literature, and the folk value system. Additionally, the book provides detailed discussions on the political and cultural mechanisms behind the formation of literary classics, the impact of literary translation under social and historical constraints on the formation of the framework of world literature, and spatial issues in urban culture and consumption. To promote these academic perspectives more widely and to uphold this academic spirit, we have compiled this lecture series for the readers. Due to space limitations, this lecture series cannot include all the speeches. We apologize for any omissions. The selected manuscripts are arranged in chronological order based on the time of the lectures.