History of Japanese Literature: Ancient Volume (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Ye Weiqiu, Tang Yuemei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The book consists of fifteen chapters, focusing on the cultural exchange between China and Japan as its main axis to analyze and synthesize the relationships between literature, regional culture, society, and history. The content includes the origins of Japanese literary history, oral literature in Japan, the emergence of ancient literature, the rise of ancient Chinese poetry and prose, the development of waka poetry, The Tale of Genji and Chinese culture, aesthetic systems and ancient literary criticism, etc.