Placing the Modern Chinese Vernacular in Transnational Literature [electronic resource] /
Zhou, G.author.
This is the first book to concentrate not only on the triumph of the vernacular in modern China but also on the critical role of the rise of the vernacular in world literature, invoking parallel cases from countries throughout Europe and Asia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The language of utopia -- The Chinese Renaissance -- The shaky house -- The "vernacular only" writing mode.
This is the first book to concentrate not only on the triumph of the vernacular in modern China but also on the critical role of the rise of the vernacular in world literature, invoking parallel cases from countries throughout Europe and Asia.
Literature   .
European literature.
Literature—History and criticism.
Linguistics.
Oriental literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
European Literature.
Literary History.
Linguistics, general.
Asian Literature.