Ming Dong Gu - Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature

The Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature presents a comprehensive overview of Chinese literature from the 1910s to the present day. Featuring detailed studies of selected masterpieces, it adopts a thematic-comparative approach. By developing an innovative conceptual framework predicated on a new theory of periodization, it thus situates Chinese literature in the context of world literature, and the forces of globalization.

Each section consists of a series of contributions examining the major literary genres, including fiction, poetry, essay, drama and film. Offering an exciting account of the century-long process of literary modernization in China, the handbooks themes include:

• Modernization of people and writing
• Realism, romanticism and modernist aesthetics
• Chinese literature on the stage and screen
• Patriotism, war and revolution
• Feminism, liberalism and socialism
• Literature of reform, reflection and experimentation
• Literature of Taiwan, Hong Kong and new media

This handbook provides an integration of biographical narrative with textual analysis, maintaining a subtle balance between comprehensive overview and in-depth examination. As such, it is an essential reference guide for all students and scholars of Chinese literature.

Ming Dong Gu is Distinguished Professor of Foreign Studies at Shenzhen University, China and Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His recent publications include Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism (2013), Translating China for Western Readers (editor, 2014) and Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (editor, 2018).

Tani Barlow, Professor (Rice University)

Kang-I Sun Chang, Professor (Yale University)

Sihe Chen, Professor (Fudan University)

Xiaoming Chen, Professor (Peking University)

Gloria Davies, Professor (Monash University)

Fan Ding, Professor (Nanjing University)

Liangyan Ge, Professor (University of Notre Dame)

Eric Hayot, Professor (Pennsylvania State University)

Theodore Huters, Professor Emeritus (University of California-LA)

Dennis M. Kratz, Professor (University of Texas at Dallas)

Kam Louie, Professor Emeritus (University of Hong Kong)

J. Hillis Miller, Professor Emeritus (University of California-Irvine)

Andrea M. Riemenschnitter, Professor (University of Zurich)

Lena Rydholm, Professor (Uppsala University)

Ban Wang, Professor (Stanford University)

David Der-wei Wang, Professor (Harvard University)

Xudong Zhang, Professor (New York University)

Xian Zhou, Professor (Nanjing University)

Edited by Ming Dong Gu

with Assistance from Tao Feng

First published 2019

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Names: Gu, Ming Dong, 1955- editor.

Title: Routledge handbook of modern Chinese literature/edited by Ming Dong Gu.

Description: London; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.| Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018009658| ISBN 9781138647541 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315626994 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Chinese literature 20th century History and criticism.| Chinese literature 21st century History and criticism.

Classification: LCC PL2302. R68 2018 | DDC 895.109/005 dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018009658

ISBN: 978-1-138-64754-1 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-62699-4 (ebk)

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To David Der-Wei Wang, Dennis M. Kratz, and Xudong Zhang, With deep appreciation for their encouragement and support