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Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender

Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender

Ni, Jindan

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 1793634416
ISBN13: 9781793634412
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Dec 10 2020
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In The Tale of Genji and Its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender, Jindan Ni departs from a nativist tradition which views The Tale of Genji as epitomizing an exclusively Japanese aesthetic distinct from Chinese influence and Buddhist values. Ni contests the traditional focus on Japanese essentialism by detailing the impact of Chinese literary forms and presenting the Japanese Heian Court as a site of dynamic and complex literary interchange. Combining close reading, the archival work of Japanese and Chinese scholars, and comparative literary theory, Ni argues that Murasaki Shikibu avoided the constraint of a single literary tradition by drawing on Chinese intertexts. Ni's account reveals the heterogeneity that makes The Tale of Genji a masterpiece with enduring appeal.

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