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Author: Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 150
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This Chinese ballad - probably sung first in the eleventh century and written down in the twelfth - was of the zhukongdiao type. That is, it was composed of alternate sections of poetry and prose. The subject of the hero of The Hidden Dragon is Liu Zhiyuan during the years before he became Emperor in 947 ce. In the ballad, the trials of the hidden dragon (that is, the future emperor) are narrated. After many years of exile and separation from his betrothed, Liu Zhiyuan is reconciled with all those who have harmed him.
Author: Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
This Chinese ballad - probably sung first in the eleventh century and written down in the twelfth - was of the zhukongdiao type. That is, it was composed of alternate sections of poetry and prose. The subject of the hero of The Hidden Dragon is Liu Zhiyuan during the years before he became Emperor in 947 ce. In the ballad, the trials of the hidden dragon (that is, the future emperor) are narrated. After many years of exile and separation from his betrothed, Liu Zhiyuan is reconciled with all those who have harmed him.
Author: Ruth Finnegan Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 153264504X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 329
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This classic study is an introduction to “oral poetry,” a broad subject which Ruth Finnegan interprets as ranging from American folksongs, Eskimo lyrics, and modern popular songs to medieval oral literature, the heroic poems of Homer, and recent epic compositions in Asia or the Pacific. The book employs a broad comparative perspective and considers oral poetry from Africa, Asia, and Oceania as well as Europe and America. The results of Finnegan’s vast research illuminate and suggest fresh conclusions to many current controversies: the nature of oral tradition and oral composition; the notion of a special oral style; possible connection between types of poetry and types of society; the differences between oral and written communication; and the role of poets in non-literate societies. Drawing on insights from anthropology and literary scholarship, Oral Poetry attempts to create a greater appreciation of the literary aspects of this fascinating form of poetry. Finnegan quotes extensively from a wide variety of sources, mainly in translation. The discussion is presented in non-technical language and will be of interest not only to sociologists and social anthropologists, but also to all those interested in comparative literature and in folk poetry from cultures around the world. The re-issue of this text, widely used in folklore, anthropology, and comparative literature courses, comes at an appropriate juncture in interdisciplinary scholarship, which is witnessing the breakdown of traditional disciplinary boundaries and an increase in the comparative study of oral poetry. For this volume Ruth Finnegan has provided a new foreword relating the text to more recent developments.
Author: Tracy Hickman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101548371 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 466
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Once humans had magic and an alliance with dragons. Now they and the other races have been enslaved by the Rhonas Empire-the elves-and can't even remember the world the way it used to be. But thanks to the intervention of one determined dwarf and the human slave warrior known as Drakis, all of that is about to change.
Author: Victor H. Mair Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231528515 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 1369
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The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
Author: Vibeke Børdahl Publisher: Cheng & Tsui ISBN: 9780887273568 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 436
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Chinese Storytellers takes us to the teahouses and hidden corners of Yangzhou to explore the ancient art of Chinese storytelling (shuoshu).
Author: Milena Dolezelova-Velingerova Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1442638338 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 250
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This collection of essays reveals the dynamic role of the late Qing novel in the process of modernization of Chinese fiction. Substantial changes in various aspects of the Chinese novel at the turn of the century, demonstrated by structural analyses of several representative novels, suggest that the evolution of modern Chinese fiction was a more complex process than a simple imitation of Western literatures. The results challenge the scholarly consensus that modern Chinese fiction resulted from a radical change brought about by the May Fourth Movement in 1919. It is demonstrated rather that the transformation had already begun in the first decade of the twentieth century and that the conspicuous changes in Chinese fiction of the 1920s represent a culmination rather than a beginning of the modern evolutionary process. The book consists of nine studies which analyse the late Qing novel in its general and specific aspects. The introduction and first essay explain how social changes conditioned cultural and literary changes during the period and how the resultant new theory of fiction generated new concepts of a politically engaged novel. The two following studies develop a general statement of narrative structures and devices, derived from structural analyses of seven outstanding late Qing novels. The last six articles examine particular novels in detail, focusing on the specific fictional techniques which predominate in each. This is the first volume in a new series, Modern East Asian Studies.
Author: Jieyuan Dong Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231101196 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 284
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"Composed of 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). But unlike the T'ang story, in which the lovers fail to marry each other, Master Tang's Western Chamber Romance ends with their wedding."--Cover.
Author: Hoyt Cleveland Tillman Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 1438422180 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 412
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This is the most extensive study of Chin dynasty history in any language. It demonstrates the importance of cultural developments in North China under the Chin (1115-1234).
Author: Miloslav Rechcigl Jr. Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1728321395 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 749
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Even though there exist only a few general studies on the subject of Czechoslovak American women, this is not, at all, a reflection of the paucity of work done by these women, as this publication demonstrates. This monograph is a compendium of notable American women with Czechoslovak roots, who distinguished themselves in a particular field or area, from the time they first immigrated to America to date. Included are, not only individuals born on the territory of former Czechoslovakia, but also their descendants. This project has been approached strictly geographically, irrespective of the language or ethnicity. Because of the lack of bibliographical information, most of the monograph comprises biobibliographical information, in which area a plethora of information exists. As the reader will discover, these women have been involved, practically, in every field of human endeavor, in numbers that surprise. On the whole, they have been noted for their independent spirit and nonconforming role.
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Author: Ruth Finnegan
Author: Tracy Hickman
Author: Jeremy Roberts
Author: Victor H. Mair
Author: Vibeke Børdahl
Author: Milena Dolezelova-Velingerova
Author: Jieyuan Dong
Author: Hoyt Cleveland Tillman
Author: Miloslav Rechcigl Jr.