Tale of Genji and Its Chinese Precursors - Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender

In The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors, Jindan Ni focuses on the Chinese and Buddhist influences that elevate this famous Heian tale from a single literary tradition to a heterogeneous masterpiece with enduring appeal.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Passages by the light of the Moon
Chapter 2 Pride, Desire, and the Making of the Living Phantom
Chapter 3 Class, Gender, and Literary Transcendence
Chapter 4 Rethinking the Narratives of Fallen Women
Chapter 5 Repetition, Substitution, and Tragedy
Chapter 6 The Feminine Voice of Subversion and Inversion

About the author

Jindan Ni is a Chinese lecturer in the Department of Global and Language Studies at RMIT University.

Summary

In The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors, Jindan Ni focuses on the Chinese and Buddhist influences that elevate this famous Heian tale from a single literary tradition to a heterogeneous masterpiece with enduring appeal.

Product details

• Authors: Jindan Ni
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793634412
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-441-2
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Asian History