China S Avant Garde Fiction

Author : Jing Wang
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822382133

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China's Avant-Garde Fiction by Jing Wang Pdf

Filled with mirages, hallucinations, myths, mental puzzles, and the fantastic, the contemporary experimental fiction of the Chinese avant-garde represents a genre of storytelling unlike any other. Whether engaging the worn spectacle of history, expressing seemingly unmotivated violence, or reinventing outlandish Tibetan myths, these stories are defined by their devotion to theatrics and their willful apathy toward everything held sacred by the generation that witnessed the Cultural Revolution. Jing Wang has selected provocative examples of this new school of writing, which gained prominence in the late 1980s. Contradicting many long-cherished beliefs about Chinese writers—including the alleged tradition of writing as a political act against authoritarianism—these stories make a dramatic break from conventions of modern Chinese literature by demonstrating an irreverence toward history and culture and by celebrating the artificiality of storytelling. Enriched by the work of a distinguished group of translators, this collection presents an aesthetic experience that may have outraged many revolutionary-minded readers in China, but one that also occupies an important place in the canon of Chinese literature. China’s Avant-Garde Fiction brings together a group of exceptional writers (including Raise the Red Lantern author Su Tong) to the attention of an English-speaking audience. This book will be enjoyed by those interested in Chinese literature, culture, and society—particularly readers of contemporary fiction. Contributors. Bei Cun, Can Xue, Gei Fei, Ma Yuan, Su Tong, Sun Ganlu, Yu Hua Translators. Eva Shan Chou, Michael S. Duke, Howard Goldblatt, Ronald R. Janssen, Andrew F. Jones, Denis C. Mair, Victor H. Mair, Caroline Mason, Beatrice Spade, Kristina M. Torgeson, Jian Zhang, Zhu Hong

Author : Jing Wang
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0822321165

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China's Avant-Garde Fiction by Jing Wang Pdf

DIVAn anthology of translated short stories from Chinese writers of the 1980s. Authors considered “avant-garde” because work reflects the seriousness of revolutionary concerns, the disinterest in the progress of the Chinese nation and celebra/div

Author : Xiaobin Yang
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0472112414

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The Chinese Postmodern by Xiaobin Yang Pdf

An insightful look into contemporary Chinese avant-garde fiction and the problem of Chinese postmodernity

Author : Zhansui Yu
Publisher : Cambria Sinophone World
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1604979682

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Chinese Avant-garde Fiction by Zhansui Yu Pdf

This book examines the works of three leading writers-Su Tong, Yu Hua, and Ge Fei-and their significant contributions to the genre of Chinese avant-garde fiction.

Author : Zhansui Yu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 1624999670

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Chinese Avant-garde Fiction by Zhansui Yu Pdf

Author : Xudong Zhang
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0822318466

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Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms by Xudong Zhang Pdf

Book on Chinese cinema and literature

Author : Will Gatherer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Post-postmodernism (Literature)
ISBN : 1793609039

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Ma Yuan by Will Gatherer Pdf

"Ma Yuan: The Chinese Avant-Garde, Metafiction, and Post-Postmodernism in the works of Ma Yuan provides the most comprehensive study to date on one of China's most influential contemporary authors, Ma Yuan. By engaging in close readings of narratologically complex works of metafiction, the author offers a reappraisal of the role Ma Yuan played within the rise of postmodern fiction within China and offers new interpretive possibilities for the Chinese Avant-Garde movement of the 1980s through demonstrating that rather than being predominantly 'formalist word games' or 'narrative traps', Ma Yuan's works of metafiction functioned as Foucauldian 'heterotopias' which allowed for the creation of distinctly Post-modern and Post-socialist 'possible worlds'. This book also analyses Ma Yuan's recent post-2000 output and in doing so explores the shifting dynamics of literary self-reflexivity and the 'Post-postmodern' within the contemporary context of 'Xi Jinping era modernity'. This book argues that Ma Yuan's recent works display a distinct movement towards 'metamodern' aesthetics alongside a rising anthropocenic awareness and eco-consciousness which offer key insights into the post-postmodern condition within a Chinese context"--

Author : Liang Luo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472052172

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The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China by Liang Luo Pdf

Provides a new perspective on the Chinese avant-garde through the figure of artist and activist Tian Han

Author : Sabina Knight
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684174423

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The Heart of Time by Sabina Knight Pdf

"By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction’s unique contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. How does Chinese fiction express the desire for freedom as well as fears of attendant responsibilities and abuses? How does it depict struggles for and against freedom? How do the texts allow for or deny the possibility of freedom and agency? By analyzing discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures, the author explores how representations of determinism and moral responsibility changed over the twentieth century. She links these changes to representations of time and to enduring commitments to human-heartedness and social justice.Although Chinese fiction may contain some of the most disconsolate pages in the twentieth century’s long literature of disenchantment, it also bespeaks, Knight argues, a passion for freedom and moral responsibility. Responding to ongoing conflicts between the claims of modernity and the resources of past traditions, these stories and novels are often dominated by challenges to human agency. Yet read with sensitivity to traditional Chinese conceptions of moral experience, their testimony to both the promises of freedom and the failure of such promises opens new perspectives on moral agency."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCBK:C044053787

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The Lost Boat by Anonim Pdf

Author : Will Gatherer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793609021

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Ma Yuan by Will Gatherer Pdf

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Ma Yuan: The Chinese Avant-Garde, Metafiction, and Post-Postmodernism in the works of Ma Yuan provides the most comprehensive study to date on one of China’s most influential contemporary authors, Ma Yuan. By engaging in close readings of narratologically complex works of metafiction, the author offers a reappraisal of the role Ma Yuan played within the rise of postmodern fiction within China and offers new interpretive possibilities for the Chinese Avant-Garde movement of the 1980s through demonstrating that rather than being predominantly ‘formalist word games’ or ‘narrative traps’, Ma Yuan’s works of metafiction functioned as Foucauldian ‘heterotopias’ which allowed for the creation of distinctly Post-modern and Post-socialist ‘possible worlds’. This book also analyses Ma Yuan’s recent post-2000 output and in doing so explores the shifting dynamics of literary self-reflexivity and the ‘Post-postmodern’ within the contemporary context of ‘Xi Jinping era modernity’. This book argues that Ma Yuan’s recent works display a distinct movement towards ‘metamodern’ aesthetics alongside a rising anthropocenic awareness and eco-consciousness which offer key insights into the post-postmodern condition within a Chinese context.

Author : Jie Lu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Chinese fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009647871

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Time, Space and Language in Contemporary Chinese Avant-garde Fiction by Jie Lu Pdf

Author : Daria Berg,Giorgio Strafella
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000647044

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China's Avant-Garde, 1978–2018 by Daria Berg,Giorgio Strafella Pdf

This book examines how China’s new generation of avant-garde writers and artists are pushing the boundaries of vernacular culture, creatively appropriating artistic and literary languages from global cultures to reflect on reform-era China’s transformation and the Maoist heritage. It explores the vortex of cultural change from the launch of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in 1978 to Xi Jinping establishing his leadership for life in 2018. The book argues that China’s new avant-garde adopt transcultural forms of expression while challenging the official discourse of Xi Jinping’s regime, which promotes cultural nationalism and demands that cultural production in China embodies the essence of the "Chinese nation". The topics range from body art, women’s poetry and boys’ love literature to Tibetan fiction and ceramic art. The book shows how the avant-garde use the new digital media to bypass government censorship, transcending China’s virtual frontiers while breaking new ground for an emerging public sphere. Overall, the book provides a rich picture of the nature of China’s avant-garde art and literature and the challenges it poses for the Chinese government. The introduction and chapter 10 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Michel Hockx
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231538534

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Internet Literature in China by Michel Hockx Pdf

Since the 1990s, Chinese literary enthusiasts have explored new spaces for creative expression online, giving rise to a modern genre that has transformed Chinese culture and society. Ranging from the self-consciously avant-garde to the pornographic, web-based writing has introduced innovative forms, themes, and practices into Chinese literature and its aesthetic traditions. Conducting the first comprehensive survey in English of this phenomenon, Michel Hockx describes in detail the types of Chinese literature taking shape right now online and their novel aesthetic, political, and ideological challenges. Offering a unique portal into postsocialist Chinese culture, he presents a complex portrait of internet culture and control in China that avoids one-dimensional representations of oppression. The Chinese government still strictly regulates the publishing world, yet it is growing increasingly tolerant of internet literature and its publishing practices while still drawing a clear yet ever-shifting ideological bottom line. Hockx interviews online authors, publishers, and censors, capturing the convergence of mass media, creativity, censorship, and free speech that is upending traditional hierarchies and conventions within China—and across Asia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032471289

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The Lost Boat by Anonim Pdf