Chinese literature, ancient and classical

著者

書誌事項

Chinese literature, ancient and classical

by André Lévy ; translated by William H. Nienhauser, Jr

Indiana University Press, 2000

タイトル別名

La littérature chinoise ancienne et classique

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Andre Levy sets out in this slim volume to provide a picture of Chinese literature of the past. He does so not in lengthy dissertations on literature, but by blending the colours of approximately 120 vivid translations with his personal insights on these works, and then framing these readings in innovative historical accounts. The result is a brilliant illustration of the four basic literary groups of traditional China: the classics, poetry, prose, and the literature of entertainment. Although Levy's narrative relates literary evolution to parallels in political and social history, he is less dependent on the political chronology of dynasties than previous histories of Chinese literature. Levy's generic approach, moreover, provides a greater insight into how these four basic types of literature developed and why they became the foundations of Chinese literature. In the first chapter, Levy sees the classics as a response to troubled times and argues for modern parallels. His treatment of prose as the second of these literary types reflects both Chinese taste and historical fact. Aware that Chinese critics have long argued their literature was essentially lyric, Levy offers 50 translations in his account in chapter 3 of how various verse genres, in the hands of China's greatest poets, supplanted one another in popularity. The emphasis Levy accords the major genres of entertainment literature, drama and the novel, in his fourth and final chapter, is a refreshing acknowledgement of the importance of these forms over the past seven or eight centuries. This emphasis also serves to illustrate the breadth of Chinese literature, tracing the origins of the novel, for example, to its semi-oral predecessors, or exploring the popular origins of various lyric forms. Although the book presumes a basic knowledge of literature as well as literary studies and does not avoid obvious comparisons with Western writers or literary works, in scope, size, and analysis, it provides an ideal introduction to the three millennia of traditional Chinese literature.

目次

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Antiquity I. Origins II. "Let one hundred flowers bloom, Let the hundred schools of thought contend!" 1. Mo zi and the Logicians : 2. Legalism 3. The Fathers of Taoism III. The Confucian Classics Chapter 2: Prose I. Narrative Art and Historical Records II. The Return of the "Ancient Style" III. The Golden Age of Trivial Literature : IV. Literary Criticism Chapter 3: Poetry I. The Two Sources of Ancient Poetry 1. The Songs of Chu 2. Poetry of the Han Court II. The Golden Age of Chinese Poetry 1. From Aesthetic Emotion to Metaphysical Flights 2. From Age of Maturity 3. The Late Tang III. The Triumph of Genres in Song Chapter 4: The Literature of Entertainment: The Novel and Theatre I. Narrative Literature Written in Classical Chinese II. The Theatre 1. The Opera-theatre of the North 2. The Opera-theatre of the South III. The Novel 1. Oral Literature 2. Stories and Novellas 3. The "Long Novel" or Saga Abbreviations Index

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