Modern Tibetan literature and social change / edited by Lauran R. Hartley and Patricia Schiaffini ; foreword by Matthew T. Kapstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartley, Lauran R., 1964-

Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia, 1967-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetan literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Tibetan literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature.

Contents:

Part One: Engaging Traditions

1 Heterodox Views and the New Orthodox Poems: Tibetan Writers in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century / Lauran R. Hartley

2 Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese / Yangdon Dhondup

3 The Development of Modern Tibetan Literature in the People's Republic of China in the 1980s / Tsering Shakya

4 Dondrup Gyel and the Remaking of the Tibetan Ramayana / Nancy G. Lin

5 "Heartbeat of a New Generation": A Discussion of the New Poetry / Pema Bhum

6 "Heartbeat of a New Generation" Revisited / Pema Bhum

7 "Oracles and Demons" in Tibetan Literature Today: Representations of Religion in Tibetan-Medium Fiction / Francoise Robin

Part Two: Negotiating Modernities

8 One Nation, Two Discourses: Tibetan New Era Literature and the Language Debate / Lara Maconi

9 The "Condor" Flies over Tibet: Zhaxi Dawa and the Significance of Tibetan Magical Realism / Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani

10 In Question of an "I": Identity and Idiocy in Alai's Red Poppies / Howard Y. F. Choy

11 Development and Urban Space in Contemporary Tibetan Literature / Riika J. Virtanen

12 Modern Tibetan Literature and the Rise of Writer Coteries / Sangye Gyatso (Gangzhun)

13 Tibetan Literature in the Diaspora / Hortsang Jigme

14 Placing Tibetan Fiction in a World of Literary Studies: Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes / Steven J. Venturino

Appendix 1: Glossary of Tibetan Spellings

Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms

Appendix 3: Contemporary Tibetan Literary Works in Translation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613062260

9781283062268

1283062267

9780822381433

0822381435

OCLC:

654195740