Routledge Companion to Ba Jin

ISBN-13: 9781032546858 / Twarda / 2023 / 472 str.

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Exploring the creations of Ba Jin (1904–2005), one of the most significant writers in modern China, this edited volume offers in-depth discussions of the writer and his works from a global perspective to initiate and advance dialogues between the Chinese- and English- speaking scholarly communities.

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Part I: The Brief Biography of Ba Jin

1.The Brief Biography of Ba Jin

Liu Tianyi

Part II: An Overview of Studies on Ba Jin

2. Ba Jin’s Creation in Russia

Rodionov

3. Ba Jin’s Acceptance in France

Angel Pino

4. Overview of Ba Jin Research in Japan

Kondo Mitsuo

5. Review of Ba Jin Research

Li Cunguang

6. Several Issues in Ba Jin Research

Chen Sihe

7. Summary of Eight Years since Ba Jin’s Former Residence Open

Li Xiufang

Part III: Studies on Ba Jin in China

8. From Lu Xun to Ba Jin: Discussion on Ba Jin’s Significance in the History of Modern Literature

Chen Sihe

9. Personality Forging: The Road Ahead Will be Long and Endless ?Development History of Ba Jin’s Personality

Li Cunguang

10. Walking at the End of Night ?On Ba Jin’s Ideological Transformation from 1969 to 1980

Hu Jingmin

11. Literary Family and Historical "Family"

Liu Zhirong

12. Garden of Repose: Love Elegy of Confession and Forgiveness

Ma Yuhong

13. Female Dilemma in Heavy Fence ?Interpreting Ba Jin’s Cold Night with a Feminist Criticism

Liu Huiying

14. Significance of Random Thoughts in the History of Thought

Li Hui

15. Publishing Thought and Publishing Theory of Ba Jin

Sun Jing

16. Literary Memory of Half a Century

Zhou Limin

Part IV: Studies on Ba Jin Abroad

17. About Destruction ?Meaning of Ba Jin’s "Exile"

Sakai Hirobumi

18. A Study of Ba Jin’s Correspondence with European and American Anarchists

Yamaguchi Mamoru

19. Talking about Family, The Garden of Repose and Cold Night

Kubin

20. "The Original of the Film" ?On the Background of the Publication of the First German Translation of Family, Ba Jin’s Novel

Alexander Saechtig

21. Contradiction between National Discourse and Personal Discourse ?Centering on Ba Jin’s works during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea

Park Nan Young

22. Random Thoughts ?The Process of Seeking and Recovering Self-Image

Lee Siching

23. Ba Jin’s Garden of Repose and Rousseau’s The New Heloise

Tanguy Ramino

24. Discussion on Creation Process and Significance of From Capitalism to Anarchism

Shintani Hideaki

O autorze

Chen Chang is an assistant professor at Tongji University, China. Dr Chang’s research focuses on Chinese contemporary literature. Previous publications include The River of Time: The Life Climate of Chinese Modern Writers.

Liu Tianyi is a Doctor of Literature at Fudan University, China, and a young critic. His research focuses on 20th-century literary history, Ba Jin, and left-wing literature, and engages in literary criticism and novel creation.

Chen Sihe is a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, China. He is a Special-Appointed Professor of the "Changjiang Scholars Program" with the Ministry of Education and Library Director at Fudan University. He is an expert on Ba Jin, the history of 20th-century Chinese literature, and the relationship between Chinese and foreign literature.