AMELIORATIVE SATIRE AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE NOVEL by Yenna Wu ( 9780773479562 )

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AMELIORATIVE SATIRE AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE NOVEL
"XINGSHI YINYUAN ZHUAN", "MARRIAGE AS RETRIBUTION", "AWAKENING THE WORLD"

By:

Yenna Wu

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0773479562

ISBN 13:

9780773479562

Publisher:

THE EDWIN MELLEN PRESS LTD

Series:

Chinese Studies S. v. 9

Pages:

400

Description:

This is a study of ameliorative satire as a genre in classical Chinese fiction. Yenna Wu traces the genealogy of the genre from the late Ming to the mid-Qing and sheds light on the changing moral discourse at a time when Chinese society was undergoing substantial transformation.

Synopsis:

Traditionally, scholars of Chinese literature have viewed Wu Jingzi's The Scholars (ca. 1750) as the first satiric novel of Chinese literature. Yenna Wu (Chinese literature, U. of California, Riverside) counters that it was preceded by such works as Xi Zhou Sheng's Marriage as Retribution, Awakening the World (ca.1661). After arguing for the broadening of the parameters of the definition of the satiric novel and the inclusion of a number of novels previously excluded from the category, Wu devotes the bulk of the work to the presentation of Marriage as Retribution as a significant example of the satiric and examines Sheng's strategies and goals in the novel's composition.

Illustrations:

Chinese character glossary, bibliography, index

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Imprint:

Edwin Mellen Press Ltd

Returns:

Non-returnable

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