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Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian's Writings

English · Hardback

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Like artists, important writers defy unequivocal interpretations. Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, is a cosmopolitan writer, deeply rooted in the Chinese past while influenced by paragons of Western Modernity. The present volume is less interested in a general discussion on the multitude of aspects in Gao's works and even less in controversies concerning their aesthetic value than in obtaining a response to the crucial issues of freedom and fate from a clearly defined angle. The very nature of the answer to the question of freedom and fate within Gao Xingjian's works can be called a polyphonic one: there are affirmative as well as skeptical voices. But polyphony, as embodied by Gao, is an even more multifaceted phenomenon. Most important for our contention is the fact that Gao Xingjian's aesthetic experience embodies prose, theater, painting, and film. Taken together, they form a Gesamtkunstwerk whose diversity of voices characterizes every single one of them.

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Michael Lackner and Nikola Chardonnens, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Product details

Assisted by Chardonnens (Editor), Chardonnens (Editor), Nikola Chardonnens (Editor), Michae Lackner (Editor), Michael Lackner (Editor)
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.05.2014
 
EAN 9783110346428
ISBN 978-3-11-034642-8
No. of pages 262
Dimensions 155 mm x 22 mm x 230 mm
Weight 526 g
Series Chinese-Western Discourse
Chinese-Western Discourse
ISSN
Chinese-Western Discourse, 1
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions

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