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Out of the margins : the rise of Chinese vernacular fiction /

The novel Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), China's earliest full-length narrative in vernacular prose, first appeared in print in the sixteenth century. The tale of one hundred and eight bandit heroes evolved from a long oral tradition; in its novelized form, it played a pivotal role in the rise of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ge, Liangyan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Chinese Romanization
  • Introduction
  • 1. Vernacularization before Shuihu zhuan
  • 2. Told or Written: That is the Question
  • 3. The Narrative Pattern: The Uniform versus the Multiform
  • 4. From Voice to Text: The Orality-Writing Dynamic
  • 5. The Engine of Narrative Making: Audience, Storytellers, and Shuhui xiansheng
  • 6. Literary Vernacular and Novelistic Discourse
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.