Chinese Literature and the Child - Children and Childhood in Late-Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction

Informationen zum Autor Kate Foster is an independent scholar of modern and contemporary Chinese literature. Klappentext Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral. Zusammenfassung Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century! Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements PART I Introduction 1. The Literary Child 2. Children of Reality and Fiction PART II 3. Child of Sorrow: The Arrested Infant 4. Corrupt Seed: The Tainted Progeny 5. As Happy as Orphans: The Abandoned Child 6. My Self Reclaimed: The Storytellers Conclusion Bibliography Index

List of contents

Acknowledgements PART I Introduction 1. The Literary Child 2. Children of Reality and Fiction PART II 3. Child of Sorrow: The Arrested Infant 4. Corrupt Seed: The Tainted Progeny 5. As Happy as Orphans: The Abandoned Child 6. My Self Reclaimed: The Storytellers Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: K Foster, K. Foster, Kate Foster
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349456802
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45680-2
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; B, Literature, Fiction & related items, Fiction, languages, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, East & Southeast Asian languages, Language and languages, Asian Languages, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Postcolonial/World Literature, Oriental literature, Asian Literature