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Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System
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Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System Hardback - 2006

by Ming Dong Gu

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An ambitious, innovative work that proposes a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction.

In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism. Through an inquiry into the macrocosm of Chinese fiction, the art of formative works, and theoretical data in fiction commentaries and intellectual thought, Gu explores the conceptual and historical conditions of Chinese fiction in relation to European and world fiction. In the process, Gu critiques and challenges some accepted views of Chinese fiction and provides a theoretical basis for fresh approaches to fiction study in general and Chinese fiction in particular. Such masterpieces as the Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) and the Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone) are discussed at length to advance his notion of fiction and fiction theory.

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  • Title Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System
  • Author Ming Dong Gu
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Publication date 2006-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780791468159 / 0791468151
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Chinese fiction - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005025463
  • Dewey Decimal Code 895.130

About the author

Ming Dong Gu is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature and Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is the author of Chinese Theories of Reading and Writing: A Route to Hermeneutics and Open Poetics, also published by SUNY Press.

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