The monster that is history : history, violence, and fictional writing in twentieth-century China /

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David Wang explores 20th century Chinese literature, delineating the many meanings of Chinese violence & its literary manifestations. He considers modern Chinese history as a complex of geopolitical, ethnic, gendered, & personal articulations of bygone and ongoing events.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wang, Dewei (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Chinese fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Chinese fiction > Taiwan > History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Roman chinois > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman chinois > Taiwan > Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Chinese fiction.
Taiwan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Invitation to a beheading
  • Crime or punishment?
  • An undesired revolution
  • Three hungry women
  • Of scars and national memory
  • The monoster that is history
  • The end of the line
  • Second haunting.

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