Oral and Literary Continuities in Modern Tibetan Literature - The Inescapable Nation

Informationen zum Autor Lama Jabb is junior research fellow in Tibetan and Himalayan studies at Wolfson College, Oxford University. Klappentext This book reveals that the roots of modern Tibetan literature grow in the rich and fertile soil of Tibet's oral and literary traditions, rather than in the 1980s as current scholarship presents. Zusammenfassung This book reveals that the roots of modern Tibetan literature grow in the rich and fertile soil of Tibet’s oral and literary traditions, rather than in the 1980s as current scholarship presents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Persistence of the Past in Modern Tibetan Literature Chapter 2: Singing the Nation: Modern Tibetan Music and National Identity Chapter 3: The Tibetan Tradition of Social Criticism and Modern Tibetan Literature Chapter 4: Narration of Cultural Traumas in Modern Tibetan Poetry and Fiction Chapter 5: The Third Generation of Tibetan Poets and the Inescapable Nation Chapter 6: How Novel Is Contemporary Tibetan Erotic Poetry? Chapter 7: Conclusion: Whirlpools of Continuity and Creativity

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lama Jabb, Jabb Lama
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.06.2015
• EAN: 9781498503334
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0333-4
• Seiten: 288
• Serie: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Tibetan