Liu Zaifu : : selected critical essays / / Zaifu Liu ; edited by Howard Y. F. Choy, Jianmei Liu.

• VerfasserIn: Liu, Zaifu, 1941-
• TeilnehmendeR: Liu, Jianmei,; Choy, Howard Y. F.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (397 pages)

"Liu Zaifu is a name that has already been ingrained within contemporary Chinese literary history. This landmark volume presents Anglophone readers with Liu's profound reflections on Chinese literature and culture at different times. The essays collected here demonstrate Liu's historical experience and trajectory as an exiled Chinese intellectual who persistently safeguards the individuality and the autonomy of literature, refusing to succumb to political manipulation. Liu's theory of literary subjectivity has opened ways for Chinese writers to thrive and innovate. His panoramic view not only unravels the intricate interplay between literature and politics but also firmly regards the transcendental value of literature as a significant ground to subvert revolutionary dogmatism and criticize Chinese modernity. Rather than drawing upon the existing paradigm, he reinvents his own unique theoretical conceptions in order to exile the borrowed "gods.""-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Literary History -- Literary History as Paradox / Translated by Howard Y. F. Choy -- The End of Modern Chinese Revolutionary Literature / Translated by Steven Day -- From the Monologic Era to the Polyphonic Era : An Outline of Forty Years of Literary Development in Mainland China / Translated by Ke Wei and Torbjörn Lodén -- Part 2: Cultural Criticism and Literary Theory -- Traditional Chinese Culture's Designs on Humanity / Translated by Deirdre Sabina Knight -- On the Stylistic Revolution of Literary Criticism in the 1980s / Translated by Ann Huss -- Farewell to the Gods : Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory's Fin-de-siècle Struggle / Translated by Steven Day -- Literature Exiling the State / Translated by Torbjörn Lodén -- The Dimensions of Modern Chinese Literature and Their Limitations / Translated by Eileen J. Cheng -- Part 3: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Writers -- Lu Xun and Chinese/Foreign Culture / Translated by Alan Berkowitz and Haili Kong -- Miracle and Tragedy in Modern Chinese Literature : In Honor of Lu Xun's 120th Birthday / Translated by Lianying Shan -- Eileen Chang's Fiction and C.T. Hsia's A History of Modern Chinese Fiction / Translated by Yunzhong Shu -- Escape of the Mental Prisoner : In Honor of Gao Xingjian / Translated by Nicole Elizabeth Barnes -- A Comparative Study of Gao Xingjian and Mo Yan / Translated by Jessica Yeung -- Postcript: Translation, Quotation, and Expatriation.