{"product_id":"a-companion-to-modern-chinese-literature-isbn-9781118451625","title":"A Companion to Modern Chinese Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a vital overview of modern Chinese literature in different geopolitical areas, from the 1840s to now. It reviews major accomplishments of Chinese literary scholarship published in Chinese and English and brings attention to previously neglected, important areas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the most thorough and concise coverage of modern Chinese literature to date, drawing attention to previously neglected areas such as late Qing, Sinophone, and ethnic minority literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeveral chapters explore literature in relation to Sinophone geopolitics, regional culture, urban culture, visual culture, print media, and new media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe introduction and two chapters furnish overviews of the institutional development of modern Chinese literature in Chinese and English scholarship since the mid-twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions from leading literary scholars in mainland China and Hong Kong add their voices to international scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Notes on Contributors viii \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 General Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYingjin Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I History and Geography 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Literary Modernity in Perspective 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZhang Longxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Late Qing Literature, 1890s–1910s 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHu Ying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 War, Revolution, and Urban Transformations: Chinese Literature of the Republican Era, 1920s–1940s 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Huang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Socialist Literature Driven by Radical Modernity, 1950–1980 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen Xiaoming (translated by Qin Liyan)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Thirty Years of New Era Literature: From Elitization to De-Elitization 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Dongfeng (translated by Angie Chau)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Building a Modern Institution of Literature: The Case of Taiwan 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSung-sheng Yvonne Chang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Sinophone Literature 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePing-hui Liao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Genres and Types 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Modern Poetry in Chinese: Challenges and Contingencies 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Yeh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Modern Chinese Theater Study and its Century-Long History 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXiaomei Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Literariness (Wen) and Character (Zhi): From Baihua to Yuluti and Dazhongyu 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQian Suoqiao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Fiction in Modern China: Modernity through Storytelling 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYiyan Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Modern China's Translated Literature 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZha Mingjian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Writing Chinese Feminism(s) 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Dooling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The World of Twentieth-Century Chinese Popular Fiction: From Shanghai Express to Rivers and Lakes of Knights-Errant 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYi Zheng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ethnic Minority Literature 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Bender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Cultures and Media 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Use in Uselessness: How Western Aesthetics Made Chinese Literature More Political 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBan Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Linguistic Turns and Literary Fields in Twentieth-Century China 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJianhua Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Significance of the Northeastern Writers in Exile, 1931–1945 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaili Kong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Writing Cities 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeijie Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Divided Unities of Modern Chinese Literature and Visual Culture: The Modern Girl, Woodcuts, and Contemporary Painter–Poets 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Manfredi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 All the Literature That's Fit to Print: A Print Culture Perspective on Modern Chinese Literature 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicolai Volland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Proliferating Genre: Web-Based Time-Travel Fiction and the New Media in Contemporary China 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJin Feng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Issues and Debates 395\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Persistence of Form: Nation, Literary Movement, and the Fiction of Ng Kim Chew 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlos Rojas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Modern Girl in Modern Chinese Literature 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTze]lan D. Sang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Body as Phenomenon: A Brief Survey of Secondary Literature of the Body in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAri Larissa Heinrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Post-Maoist Politics of Memory 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYomi Braester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Writing Historical Traumas in the Everyday 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLingchei Letty Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 A Brief Overview of Chinese-Language Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen Sihe (translated by Alvin Ka Hin Wong)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Toward a Typology of Literary Modernity in China: A Survey of English Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature 483\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYingjin Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 548\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eYingjin Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese Studies and Comparative Literature at University of California, San Diego, USA, and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He is the author of, amongst others, \u003ci\u003eScreening China\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eChinese National Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eCinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Chinese Film\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eNew Chinese-Language Documentaries \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), and editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Chinese Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). \u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging and balanced \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a vital overview of modern Chinese literature in different geopolitical areas, including mainland China, Taiwan, and other Chinese speaking regions, from the 1840s to the present day. By reviewing major accomplishments of Chinese literary scholarship published in Chinese and English since the mid-twentieth century, this collaborative project brings attention to previously neglected areas such as late Qing literature, Sinophone literature, translated literature, ethnic minority literature, popular genres, and Internet writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Modern Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e surveys topics under four categories: history and geography, genre and types, cultures and media, and issues and debates. These provide a representation of the best interdisciplinary scholarship, offering a revaluation of key issues and moving the critical discussion forward.\u003c\/p\u003e The international set of contributors, including leading scholars from mainland China and Hong Kong, bring insights from a broad range of disciplines covering Chinese studies, cultural studies, gender studies, literary studies, and media studies. The result is an improved understanding of the fast-developing field of modern Chinese literature as artistic projects, cultural institutions, social practices, ideological discourses, and scholarly endeavours.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988612038885,"sku":"NP9781118451625","price":218.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118451625.jpg?v=1761780970","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-modern-chinese-literature-isbn-9781118451625","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}