Language-Paradox-Poetics : A Chinese Perspective

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In attempting to define a ""poetics of paradox"" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--o...

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Main Author: Liu, James J. Y.
Other Authors: Lynn, Richard John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poetics.
Paradox.
Chinese poetry > Philosophy.
Chinese language > Versification.
Literature > Philosophy.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Chinese.
Poesie chinoise > Philosophie.
Poetique.
Paradoxe.
Chinois (Langue) > Versification.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In attempting to define a ""poetics of paradox"" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is ""said"" in poetry, the more is ""meant."" Such a view implied the existence of paradox in the very use of language and led traditional Chinese hermeneutics to a study of ""metaparadox""--The use of language to explicate texts the meaning of
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781400859689

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