Chinese fiction of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : essays / by Patrick Hanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanan, Patrick, author.

Series:

Masters of Chinese studies ; v. 2.

Masters of Chinese studies ; vol. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--History and criticism.

Chinese fiction.

Chinese fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 285 pages)

Other Title:

Essays on Chinese fiction of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Narrator's Voice Before the "Fiction Revolution"

Chapter 2. Illusion of Romance and the Courtesan Novel

Chapter 3. The Missionary Novels of Nineteenth-Century China

Chapter 4. The First Novel Translated Into Chinese

Chapter 5. The Translated Fiction in the Early Shen Bao

Chapter 6. The New Novel Before the New Novel- John Fryer's Fiction Contest

Chapter 7. The Second Stage of Vernacular Translation

Chapter 8. Wu Jianren and the Narrator

Chapter 9. Specific Literary Relations of Sea of Regret

Chapter 10. The Autobiographical Romance of Chen Diexian

Chapter 11. The Technique of Lu Xun's Fiction

Works Cited

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Hanan, Patrick. Chinese fiction of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

ISBN:

9780231509145

0231509146

9781423724612

1423724615

OCLC:

213305145