Developmental fairy tales : evolutionary thinking and modern Chinese culture /

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In 1992 Deng Xiaoping famously declared, "Development is the only hard imperative." What ensued was the transformation of China from a socialist state to a capitalist market economy. The spirit of development has since become the prevailing creed of the People's Republic, helping to b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Andrew F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Lu, Xun, > 1881-1936.
Eroshenko, Vasiliĭ, > 1890-1952.
Eroshenko, Vasiliĭ, > 1890-1952
Lu, Xun, > 1881-1936
Chinese literature > History and criticism.
Literature and society > China.
Fairy tales > China > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > China.
Littérature chinoise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Chine.
Contes de fées > Chine > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Chine.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Chinese literature
Fairy tales
Literature and society
Modernism (Literature)
China
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The "development" of modern Chinese literature
  • The iron house of narrative: Lu Xun and the late Qing fiction of evolutionary adventure
  • Inherit the wolf: Lu Xun, natural history, and narrative form
  • The child as history in republican China: a discourse on development
  • Playthings of history
  • A narrow cage: Eroshenko, Lu Xun, and the modern Chinese fairy tale.

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