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"What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": the Fantastic Mode of the Chinese Classical Tale

Sing-chen Lydia Francis

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Description:Excerpt from Abstract (leaf iv): My study will bypass the problem of historicity vs. fictionality, and define the Chinese fantastic as any conscious or subconscious departure-- be it epistemological, ethical, political, or aesthetic-- from the orthodox Confucian perception of reality and literary propriety. In other words, the Chinese strange tale as a literary category demarcated for both the writer and the reader a safety zone within which the dominant cultural values might be toyed with, temporarily suspended, or even subverted. In order that the examples might interilluminate, they will be drawn primarily from the high Qing (Kangxi r. 1661-Qianlong r. 1796) revival of the medieval strange tale ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with "What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": the Fantastic Mode of the Chinese Classical Tale. To get started finding "What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": the Fantastic Mode of the Chinese Classical Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 450

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 1997

ISBN: va9EAQAAIAAJ

Description: Excerpt from Abstract (leaf iv): My study will bypass the problem of historicity vs. fictionality, and define the Chinese fantastic as any conscious or subconscious departure-- be it epistemological, ethical, political, or aesthetic-- from the orthodox Confucian perception of reality and literary propriety. In other words, the Chinese strange tale as a literary category demarcated for both the writer and the reader a safety zone within which the dominant cultural values might be toyed with, temporarily suspended, or even subverted. In order that the examples might interilluminate, they will be drawn primarily from the high Qing (Kangxi r. 1661-Qianlong r. 1796) revival of the medieval strange tale ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with "What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": the Fantastic Mode of the Chinese Classical Tale. To get started finding "What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": the Fantastic Mode of the Chinese Classical Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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