Author: George KaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Chinese Wit & Humor. Edited by George Kao
Author: George KaoChinese Wit & Humour. Edited by G. Kao, Etc
Author: George KaoChinese Wit & Humor
Author: George KaoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780706120646
Category : Chinese wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Chinese Wit and Humor
Author: A Guide to Chinese Literature
Author: Wilt IdemaPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0892641231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997. A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial to understanding its writings, the second part is broken into five major time periods (earliest times to 100 c.e.; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present) corresponding to changes in book production. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these periods. The reference section in the cloth edition includes an annotated bibliography of more than 120 pages; the paper edition has a shorter bibliography and is intended for classroom use.
Humour in Chinese Life and Letters
Author: Jessica Milner DavisPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888083511
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns.
The Chinese Virago
Author: Yenna WuPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684170206
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Drawing from a broad array of literary, historical, dramatic and anecdotal sources, Yenna Wu makes a rich exploration of an unusually prominent theme in premodern Chinese prose fiction and drama: that of jealous and belligerent wives, or viragos, who dominate their husbands and abuse other women. Focusing on Chinese literary works from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, she presents many colorful perspectives on this type of aggression, reviewing early literary and historical examples of the phenomenon. Wu argues that although the various portraits of the virago often reveal the writers' insecurities about strong-willed women in general, the authors also satirize the kind of man whose behavioral patterns have been catalysts for female aggression. She also shows that, while the women in these works are to some extent male constructs designed to affirm the patriarchal system, various elements of these portraits constitute a subversive form of parody that casts a revealing light on the patriarchal hierarchy of premodern China.
Chinese Wit & Humor
Author: K'o-i KaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Classic Chinese Novel
Author: C T HsiaPublisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN: 9629966573
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
C. T. Hsia examines six landmark texts: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin, Journey to the West, Chin P'ing Mei, The Scholars, and Dream of the Red Chamber. In addition to providing historical and bibliographical information, he critiques structure and style, as well as major characters and episodes in relation to moral and philosophical themes. C. T. Hsia cites Western classics for comparison and excerpts each novel. Hailed as a classic upon its publication in 1968, The Classic Chinese Novel has remained the best singlevolume critical introduction to the subject.
The Chinese Classic Novels (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Margaret BerryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136836578
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
First published in 1988, this reissue is an important work in the field of national literary exchange. Declared by American Library Association in its Choice publication one of the ten best reference works of 1988, the volume has survived global change - politically, socially, economically, religiously, aesthetically - to promote cultural dialogue between China and the West. Besides the scores of annotated sources, the introductory essays remain as authentic and moving as the day of their appearance. Equally to be observed is accelerating demand, especially in academic institutions, for global cultural exchange through national literatures. How can we of the English-speaking world, for example, adequately understand and converse with our Chinese counterparts without some appreciation of their culture, notably of Confucian and Taoist roles in their history as reflected in their literature? Overall, a pioneering work whose reissue will be welcomed by both scholars and general readers alike.