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Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China

Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China

Chan, Alan K. L.
Lo, Yuet-Keung

Paperback

Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Literary CriticismChinese HistoryGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 1438432186
ISBN13: 9781438432182
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 2 2011
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Explores the new literary and interpretive milieu that emerged in the years following the decline of China's Han dynasty.

Covering a time of great intellectual ferment and great influence on what was to come, this book explores the literary and hermeneutic world of early medieval China. In addition to profound political changes, the fall of the Han dynasty allowed new currents in aesthetics, literature, interpretation, ethics, and religion to emerge during the Wei-Jin Nanbeichao period. The contributors to this volume present developments in literature and interpretation during this era from a variety of methodological perspectives, frequently highlighting issues hitherto unremarked in Western or even Chinese and Japanese scholarship. These include the rise of new literary and artistic values as the Han declined, changing patterns of patronage that helped reshape literary tastes and genres, and new developments in literary criticism. The religious changes of the period are revealed in the literary self-presentation of spiritual seekers, the influence of Daoism on motifs in poetry, and Buddhist influences on both poetry and historiography. Traditional Chinese literary figures, such as the fox and the ghost, receive fresh analysis about their particular representation during this period.

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