Mo Yan in Context Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller

"This is the first English-language study of the Chinese writer's work and influence, featuring essays from scholars in a range of disciplines, from both China and the United States. Its introduction, twelve articles, and epilogue aim to deepen and widen critical discussions of both a spec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Duran, Angelica (auth), Huang, Yuhan, 1988- editor (editor), Duran, Angelica, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: USA Purdue University Press 2014
West Lafayette : 2014.
Colección:Comparative cultural studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgment
  • Note
  • Introduction to Mo Yan in Context: Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller / Angelica Duran and Yuhan Huang
  • Part One: Leaves
  • A Mutually Rewarding yet Uneasy and Sometimes Fragile Relationship between Author and Translator / Howard Goldblatt
  • The Censorship of Mo Yan's 天堂蒜薹之歌 (The Garlic Ballads) / Thomas Chen
  • Representations of "China" and "Japan" in Mo Yan's, Hayashi's, and Naruse's Texts / Noriko J. Horiguchi
  • Abortion in Faulkner's The Wild Palms and Mo Yan's 蛙 (Frog) / Lanlan Du
  • Rural Chineseness, Mo Yan's Work, and World Literature / Chengzhou He
  • Part Two: Trunk
  • The Realpolitik of Mo Yan’s Fiction / Sabina Knight
  • Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in a Cultural and Visual Context / Yuhan Huang
  • Mo Yan's "The Garlic Ballads" and "Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out" in the Context of Religious and Chinese Literary Conventions / Chi-ying Alice Wang
  • Religious Elements in Mo Yan's and Yan Lianke's Works / Jinghui Wang
  • Mo Yan's Work and the Politics of Literary Humor / Alexa Huang and Angelica Duran
  • Part Three: Roots
  • Cosmopolitanism and the Internationalization of Chinese Literature / Ning WangvVariation Study in Western and Chinese Comparative Literature / Shunqing Cao and Miaomiao Wang
  • A Textbook Case of Comparative Cultural Studies / Donald Mitchell and Angelica Duran
  • Epilogue
  • Soul Searching in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Society / Fenggang Yang
  • Selected Bibliography of and about Mo Yan's Work in Chinese and English / Angelica Duran and Yuhan Huang
  • Index.