Deleuze and Chinese 'Pure Literature' - Literary Worlding From History to Becoming

Xu brings together Deleuze's philosophy and contemporary Chinese "pure literature" to form an assemblage of theory and practice through which both the obscured edges of a complex literary practice and the future-oriented concepts of a creative philosophy are sharpened with the potentials of their becoming-event brought to light.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: What is "Pure Literature?"
Chapter 2: Appreciating "Pure Literature" through Deleuze
Chapter 3: The Challenge of "Subaltern Literature"
Chapter 4: From History to Becoming
Chapter 5: Yan Lianke: A Realism of the Virtual
Chapter 6: Wang Anyi: The Literary Image of Thought
Chapter 7: Mo Yan: Nonhistorical Becoming as Content of the Form
Chapter 8: Lin Bai: Becoming-Woman, Becoming-Literature
Chapter 9: Conclusion: "Pure Literature" and Control Societies
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Jian Xu teaches comparative literature, film studies, and global studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Summary

Xu brings together Deleuze’s philosophy and contemporary Chinese “pure literature” to form an assemblage of theory and practice through which both the obscured edges of a complex literary practice and the future-oriented concepts of a creative philosophy are sharpened with the potentials of their becoming-event brought to light.

Product details

• Authors: Jian Xu, Xu Jian
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781498595490
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9549-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Comparative Literature, Chinese, Literature: history & criticism