Chinese theories of reading and writing : a route to hermeneutics and open poetics / Ming Dong Gu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gu, Mingdong, 1955-

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

Suny series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese classics--History and criticism.

Chinese classics.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ambitious work provides a systematic study of Chinese theories of reading and writing in intellectual thought and critical practice. The author maintains that there are two major hermeneutic traditions in Chinese literature: the politico-moralistic mainstream and the metaphysico-aesthetical undercurrent. In exploring the interaction between the two, Ming Dong Gu finds a movement toward interpretive openness. In this, the Chinese practice anticipates modern and Western theories of interpretation, especially literary openness and open poetics. Classic Chinese works are examined, including the Zhouyi (the I Ching or Book of Changes), the Shijing (the Book of Songs or Book of Poetry), and selected poetry, along with the philosophical background of the hermeneutic theories. Ultimately, Gu relates the Chinese practices of reading to Western hermeneutics, offering a cross-cultural conceptual model for the comparative study of reading and writing in general.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Hermeneutic Openness: A Transcultural Phenomenon

Conceptual Inquiries into Reading and Openness

Theories of Reading and Writing in Intellectual Thought

Hermeneutic Openness in Aesthetic Thought

Zhouyi Hermeneutics

The Zhouyi and Open Representation

Elucidation of Images: Ancient Insights into Modern Ideas of Reading and Writing

Shijing Hermeneutics

The Shijing and Open Poetics

Shijing Hermeneutics: Blindness and Insight

Literary Hermeneutics

Open Poetics in Chinese Poetry

Linguistic Openness and the Poetic Unconscious

Toward A Self-Conscious Open Poetics in Reading and Writing

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-320) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483473

0791483479

9781423744092

1423744098

OCLC:

461441952