Unexpected Affinities : : Reading Across Cultures / / Zhang Longxi.
East-West comparative literature is a field of study that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In this pioneering study, renowned scholar Zhang Longxi offers a much-needed reappraisal of the thematic and conceptual similarities that unite literary and cultural traditions in the East and West....
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Longxi, Zhang, author. Unexpected Affinities : Reading Across Cultures / Zhang Longxi. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2007 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Alexander Lectures Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability -- 2. 'Faire une perle d'une larme': Reading across Cultures -- 3. 'Within the infant rind of this weak flower': The Ambivalence of Poison and Medicine -- 4. 'A paradise within thee, happier far': The Dialectic of Return and Reversal -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star East-West comparative literature is a field of study that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In this pioneering study, renowned scholar Zhang Longxi offers a much-needed reappraisal of the thematic and conceptual similarities that unite literary and cultural traditions in the East and West. An expanded version of the lectures he gave as part of the Alexander Lectures Series at the University of Toronto in 2005, Unexpected Affinities emphasizes affinity over difference and explores the relationship between East and West in terms of cultural homogeneity (with shared literary qualities as its signposts), challenging the traditional boundaries of cross-cultural study and comparative literature as a discipline.Throughout Unexpected Affinities, Zhang emphasizes the validity of East-West studies through concrete examples and a wide range of references not only to literature, but to religious and philosophical texts as well. Zhang insists that certain critical insights come solely from the cross-cultural perspective of East-West studies, and that without going beyond the limited horizon of a single literary tradition, we will not attain the broad vision of human creativity in all its richness and diversity. Clear, concise, and engaging, Unexpected Affinities will appeal to students of comparative literature and Asian studies, as well as to readers interested in the global implications of art and culture. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Comparative literature Oriental and Western. Comparative literature Western and Oriental. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802092779 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685086 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442685086.jpg |
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