Chinese Theories of Fiction

Chinese Theories of FictionAn 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

China’s first and only female emperor

Kāra cares for his ailing grandmother Hatatcha

older adult sexuality and theunique sexual problems confronting LGBT individuals

From diverse theoretical positions - symbolic interactionist

he returns to his hometown of Hooker’s Bend

the public land leases and the horoi documents

they are considered to be the most successful example of democratic decision making and worker ownership

the initial transmission proceded exclusively through prints

timely and genuinely inter-disciplinary text

Adapted repeatedly to film and television

A new interpretation of the creative work of well known British imperialists of the late nineteenth and early 20th century

These issues are pertinent to contemporary visual culture and may help deepen its understanding