The literary expressions of Chinese experience / Nie Mao ; translated by Lu Wei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nie, Mao, author.

Contributor:

Wei, Lu, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Chinese literature.

National characteristics, Chinese, in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 343 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2022]

Summary:

"The book consists of a comprehensive focus and in-depth analysis of the Chinese post-70s writers group, especially the literary xiangjun five young writers and their representative works, a multi-dimensional interpretation of the writing characteristics, narrative law and artistic construction of the "Generation in the seam", fully display the transformation period of Chinese traditional values. Specifically, the book has mainly the following three aspects of the characteristics in terms of its content arrangements and organizational structure. Firstly, the book has a broad vision with the ideological premise of modernity. Secondly, the most striking and in-depth place of the book is the high degree of "local" and "globalization". Thirdly, the importance of China's excellent cultural resources has been fully demonstrated in the work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.1. Inter-generational Narrative: The Mirror and Lamp of the Post 70s Writers

1.2. The Awakening of the Spiritual Wanderers

1.3. "The Paving Stone" and "the Ballast Stone" of the Post 70s Writers

1.4. Literary Confidence and the "Covert Writing" of Post 70s Writers

1.5. The Rise of Great Powers and the New Prospect of World Literature

2.1. The Post 70s Writers in the Context of Humanism

2.2. The Writing Features and Poetic Inheritance of the Post 70s Writers

2.3. People Awake in the Gap of the Age

2.4. Society in Transformation and the Heterogeneity of Chinese Experience

2.5. Alienated Grand Discourse and the Growth of the Individual Spirit

2.6. Setting Out as a Group: The Five Young Writers from Hunan Province

2.7. Cultural Nostalgia and Spiritual Predicament of the Post 70s Writers

3.1. The Flight and Tenderness of Tian Er

3.1.1. The Flight of the Spirit

3.1.2. Tenderness from the Depth of Solitude

3.2. The Pursuit and Reflection of Ma Xiaoquan

3.2.1. The Origin of Meaning: The Pursuit of National Spirit

3.2.2. Narrative Focus: The Pain Caused by the Clashes of History

3.2.3. The Aesthetic Foundation: The Melancholic Tragic Consciousness

3.2.4. Turning Point: A Breakthrough in Literary Style

3.3. The Representation of Yu Huai'an's Mao Zhuang Village

3.3.1. Mao Zhuang Village Complex: A Rural Perspective

3.3.2. Cultural Representation of Mao Zhuang Village

3.3.3. The Value of Writing about the Life in Mao Zhuang Village

3.4. Shen Nian's Endurance and Concern

3.4.1. Portrait of Female Characters and the Analysis of Their Tragedies

3.4.2. The Significance of Life for the Tragic Female Characters

3.5. Xie Zongyu: Tranquility from Afar

3.5.1. Getting Back to the Soil: The Broad Mind and Composure

3.5.2. The Responsibilities of a Prose Writer

4.1. The Texture and Orientations of the Academic Research of Feng Tang's Works

4.1.1. Textual Analysis

4.1.2. Comparison with Similar Writers

4.1.3. Comparison between Feng Tang and His Contemporary Writers

4.2. The Spirit of Everything Grows

4.3. The Features of Language in Feng Tang's Novels

4.3.1. Vagueness and Indirect Portrait of Characters

4.3.2. The Highlighting of Lyricism and Weakening of Narration

4.3.3. Interesting Language Full of Philosophical Ideas

4.3.4. The Novels Fragmented and Incomplete

4.4. Goddess No. One: Exploration and Transcendence

4.5. The Allegorical Writing of Xu Zechen's Fiction

4.5.1. The Narrative-scape of Allegorical Writing

4.5.2. The Narrative Form of Allegorical Writing

4.5.3. The Literary Significance of Allegorical Writing

4.6. The Narrative Strategy in Jerusalem

4.6.1. Textual Analysis of Jerusalem

4.6.2. The Content and Narrative Strategies

4.6.3. Methodology and Perspective: Avant-gardism in Jerusalem

4.7. Jerusalem: The History of Growth for the Post 70s

4.7.1. Coming of Age: For the Individual and for the Collective

4.7.2. Quest in Escape

4.7.3. Conversion of the Spirit and Redemption of the Soul

4.8. Voice Change: The Trope of Living Towards Death

4.8.1. The Change of Voice: The Physical Growth

4.8.2. Confusion in the Change: The Fallen Soul

4.8.3. The Desolation of the Change: Death and New Life

4.8.4. Voice Change: An Extended Metaphor

4.9. The Literary Realm of Sheng Keyi

4.9.1. Sturdy Narrative and Lucid Expressions

4.9.2. Spiritual Betrayal and Detachment

4.9.3. The Theme: Deconstruction and Nihilism

4.9.4. Time Girl, the Wound and Pain

4.9.4.1. The Metaphor of the Sweet Swine Milk

4.9.4.2. The Shudder of the Green Apple

4.9.4.3. The Confusion and Frustration Brought by Liquor

4.10. The View of Life and Death in Elysion

4.10.1. The Evil Side of Life

4.10.2. Happiness about Death

5.1. Tian Er's Philosophical Thinking

5.1.1. The Themes of Celestial Bodies in Suspension

5.1.2. "The Grey Quality" in Celestial Bodies in Suspension

5.1.2.1. "The Grey Quality" of the Textual Space

5.1.2.2. "The Grey Quality" in Instinctive Desires

5.1.2.3. "The Grey Quality" in Reality

5.2. The Spiritual Return of Xie Zongyu

5.2.1. The Mysteriousness of the Wizard Atmosphere

5.2.2. Self-Mutilation and the Revenge Mentality

5.2.3. The Portrait of the Spiritual Primitiveness and Ignorance

5.2.4. Folk Narrative from the Perspective of Wizard Culture

5.2.5. Sharp Criticism of the Natural Environment Mimicried

5.3. The Modern Dimension of Yu Huai'an

5.3.1. The Self Expectation in "Speaking for the People"

5.3.2. The Inherited Value of Conveying the Truth with Writing

5.4. The Semiotics of Shen Nian

5.4.1. The Symbol of "Winter"

5.4.2. The Semiosis of "Winter"

5.4.3. Different Layers of Cultural Significance in the Code of "Winter"

5.4.4. The Hazy Beauty of Literary Signs

5.4.5. Interpreting the Implication of "Winter" as a Sign

5.5. The Cultural Tension of Ma Xiaoquan

5.5.1. The Quest for Original Life

5.5.2. The Reconstruction of Moral Rationality

5.5.3. The Inner Strength of Traditional Culture

6.1. The Absurdity and Authenticity of Tian Er

6.1.1. The Absurd Narrative and Rational Criticism

6.1.2. Zero Degree Emotion and Defamiliarized Narration

6.1.2.1. Novelty of Plot

6.1.2.2. The Exaggerated and Distorted Language

6.1.2.3. The Well Portrayed Images with Special Implications

6.1.3. Comic Tragedies of Self-Deconstruction

6.1.4. The Narrative Metaphor of the Textual Structure

6.1.4.1. The Shell of a Detective Story: Suspense, Overlapped Conflicts and Unexpected Ending Brought by the Double-Lined Narrative

6.1.4.2. The Paradoxical Structure: The Irreversibility of the Characters' Fate

6.1.5. The Metaphor of "Light" and "Darkness" in the Fate of Characters

6.1.5.1. "Light" and "Darkness" Symbolizing the Emotions of Characters

6.1.5.2. The Change between "Light" and "Darkness" Corresponding to the Development of the Story

6.1.6. The Metaphoric Meanings of the Character's Names

6.1.6.1. The Insignificant Characters on the Margin of the Society: Gang Zha

6.1.6.2. An Ordinary Police Officer in the Real World: "The Green Rubber Shoes, Lao Huang"

6.2. Ma Xiaoquan: Breaking Away from Traditional Culture and the Inheritance of It

6.2.1. The Cultural Fracture since the Late 1970s

6.2.2. Double Perspectives: Traditional Culture and Wizard Culture in Hubei Province

6.2.3. Modern Civilization and the Concern of Intellectuals

6.2.4. Pseudo Time and True Language

6.2.5. Identity across Centuries

6.2.6. The Poetic Representation of Critical Realism

7.1. The Spiritual Landscape of Xie Zongyu

7.1.1. The Fragrance of Herbal Medicine with the Smell of the Soil

7.1.2. Investigating the Mystery of Life

7.1.3. The Secret Pain of the Family and the Sense of Sorrow

7.2. Shen Nian's Labyrinth World

7.2.1. Stones in Time

7.2.2. The Loss of Cultural Homeland

7.3. Yu Huai'an's History Written in Small Letters

7.3.1. The Pure Land of the Heart

7.3.2. The Outsider or the Change of Double Identities

7.3.3. Innovation of Aesthetic Taste

7.3.4. The Impact of Modern Civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Nie, Mao. Literary expressions of Chinese experience

ISBN:

9781433177071

1433177072

OCLC:

1262694908

Publisher Number:

99989876791