Chinese Fiction of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Essays by Patrick Hanan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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It has often been said that the nineteenth century was a relatively stagnant period for Chinese fiction, but preeminent scholar Patrick Hanan shows that the opposite is true: the finest novels of the nineteenth century show a constant experimentation and evolution. In this collection of detailed and insightful essays, Hanan examines Chinese fiction before and during the period in which Chinese writers first came into contact with western fiction. Hanan explores the uses made of fiction by westerners in China; the adaptation and integration of western methods in Chinese fiction; and the continued vitality of the Chinese fictional tradition. Some western missionaries, for example, wrote religious novels in Chinese, almost always with the aid of native assistants who tended to change aspects of the work to "fit" Chinese taste. Later, such works as Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," Jonathan Swift's "A Voyage to Lilliput," the novels of Jules Verne, and French detective stories were translated into Chinese. These interventions and their effects are explored here for virtually the first time.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-11-03
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt542 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMasters of Chinese Studies
Antal sidor304
FörlagColumbia University Press
ISBN9780231133241

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Introduction 1. The Narrator's Voice Before the "Fiction Revolution" 2. Illusion of Romance and the Courtesan Novel 3. The Missionary Novels of the Nineteenth Century 4. The First Novel Translated Into Chinese 5. The Translated Fiction in the Early Shen Bao 6. The New Novel Before the New Novel-John Fryer's Fiction Contest 7. The Second Stage of Vernacular Translation 8. Wu Jianren and the Narrator 9. Specific Literary Relations of Sea of Regret 10. The Autobiographical Romance of Chen Diexian 11. The Technique of Lu Xun's Fiction Works Cited Glossary Index

Hanan does students of modern Chinese fiction a great favor by bringing these scholarly essays together in a single volume...Highly recommended. Choice Any scholarly writing by Patrick Hanan...is to be welcomed...sure to be worth our careful consideration. -- Robert E. Hegel Bulletin of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy An important contribution to the fields of both premodern and modern Chinese fiction. -- Ying Wang China Review International A significant contribution to scholarship not only on late imperial Chinese literature but also in the field of descriptive translation studies. -- Geraldine Schneider Rocky Mountain Review