Jindan Ni

The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors (eBook, ePUB)

Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In The Tale of Genji and Its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender, Jindan Ni departs from a "nativist" tradition which views The Tale of Genji as epitomizing an exclusively Japanese aesthetic distinct from Chinese influence and Buddhist values. Ni contests the traditional focus on Japanese essentialism by detailing the impact of Chinese literary forms and presenting the Japanese Heian Court as a site of dynamic and complex literary interchange. Combining close reading, the archival work of Japanese and Chinese scholars, and comparative literary theory, Ni argues that Murasaki Shikibu avoided the constraint of a single literary tradition by drawing on Chinese intertexts. Ni's account reveals the heterogeneity that makes The Tale of Genji a masterpiece with enduring appeal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793634429
• Artikelnr.: 60571826

Autorenporträt

Jindan Ni is a Chinese lecturer in the Department of Global and Language Studies at RMIT University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Passages by the light of the Moon Chapter 2 Pride
Desire
and the Making of the Living Phantom Chapter 3 Class
Gender
and Literary Transcendence Chapter 4 Rethinking the Narratives of Fallen Women Chapter 5 Repetition
Substitution
and Tragedy Chapter 6 The Feminine Voice of Subversion and Inversion