Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity: Essays in Commemoriation of Milena Dolezalová-Velingerová (1932-2012)

ISBN-13: 9788024635132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 318 str.

Kirk A. Denton

Opis

Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity presents thirteen essays written in honor of Milena Doleželova-Velingerova (1932-2012), a member of the Prague School of Sinology and an important scholar of Chinese literature who was at the forefront in introducing literary theory into sinology. Doleželova-Velingerova was that rare scholar who wrote with equal knowledge and skill about both modern and premodern Chinese literature. The essays emulate Doleželova-Velingerova's scholarship in terms of treating a broad range of historical periods, literary genres, and topics--from Tang travel essays to cultural identity in postcolonial Hong Kong. Organized into two parts, -Language, Structure, and Genre, - and -Identities and Self-Representations, - the essays are motivated by an abiding concern with issues of language, narrative structure, and the complex nature of literary meaning that were at the heart of Doleželova-Velingerova's work.