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  • Letteratura cinese by Sabina Knight

    Letteratura cinese

    Sabina Knight

    Tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture has played in supporting social and political concerns. Embracing traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history and philosophy as well as poetry and poetics, storytelling, drama, and the novel, Sabina Knight discusses the philosophical foundations of literary culture as well as literature’s power to address historical trauma and cultivate moral and sensual passions. From ancient historical records through the modernization and globalization of Chinese literature, Knight underscores the close relationship between ethics and aesthetics, as well as the diversity of Chinese thought.

    Questa breve storia della letteratura cinese dall'antichità a oggi si concentra sul ruolo fondamentale svolto dalla cultura letteraria nella promozione delle istanze sociali e politiche. Facendo propria la tradizionale concezione cinese della letteratura, che abbraccia la storia e la filosofia, oltre alla poesia, la critica letteraria, la narrazione orale, il teatro e il romanzo, il volume riflette sui fondamenti filosofici e sulla capacità della letteratura di affrontare i traumi della storia e coltivare le passioni etiche. Spaziando dalle antiche testimonianze fino all'epoca della modernizzazione e poi della globalizzazione, l'autrice trae spunto da vividi esempi per illustrare il ruolo del mecenatismo delle élite cinesi, le modalità con le quali la letteratura ha servito gli interessi di specifici gruppi e le questioni della definizione del canone, della lingua, del nazionalismo e della comprensione interculturale. Il volume include i caratteri cinesi di nomi, titoli e parole chiave. L'edizione italiana è stata tradotta e curata da Federica Casalin, professore associato di Lingue e letterature della Cina e dell'Asia sud orientale a Roma Sapienza. Source: Publisher

  • Traditional Chinese Culture’s Designs on Humanity by Liu Zaifu and Sabina Knight

    Traditional Chinese Culture’s Designs on Humanity

    Liu Zaifu and Sabina Knight

    "Liu Zaifu is a name that has already been ingrained within contemporary Chinese literary history. This landmark volume presents Anglophone readers with Liu's profound reflections on Chinese literature and culture at different times. The essays collected here demonstrate Liu's historical experience and trajectory as an exiled Chinese intellectual who persistently safeguards the individuality and the autonomy of literature, refusing to succumb to political manipulation. Liu's theory of literary subjectivity has opened ways for Chinese writers to thrive and innovate. His panoramic view not only unravels the intricate interplay between literature and politics but also firmly regards the transcendental value of literature as a significant ground to subvert revolutionary dogmatism and criticize Chinese modernity. Rather than drawing upon the existing paradigm, he reinvents his own unique theoretical conceptions in order to exile the borrowed "gods."" Source: Publisher

 
 
 

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