Literary Field of Twentieth Century China

At least since the late nineteenth century onwards, Chinese literature as a form of cultural production has been taking place within a specific social space, including writers, critics, journalists, editors, publishers, printers and booksellers. Focusing on people as well as on texts, and looking at what writers did as well as at what they wrote, the essays in this volume draw a vivid and variegated picture of Chinese literary life throughout the modern period. The book treats differences between periods, but also traces the continuities that have characterised modern Chinese literary practice and its discourses from the beginning to the present, including ties of allegiance, utilisation of 'the people' and appropriation of the west. The book places modern Chinese literature firmly within its socio-historical context, thereby increasing the reader's awareness of the hidden assumptions behind literary production. In doing so, it opens new perspectives on Chinese culture as a whole, and on literature as a cosmopolitan concept.

Sommario

First published in 1999.

Info autore

Michel Hockx

Riassunto

Examining China's literary field, the text focuses on people as well as texts, on what writers did as well as what they wrote. The book draws a vivid and variegated picture of Chinese literary life throughout the modern period, placing modern Chinese literature firmly within its socio-historical context.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michel Hockx, Hockx Michel
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2019
• EAN: 9781138863187
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86318-7
• Pagine: 252
• Serie: Chinese Worlds
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, Chinese, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity