Chinese theories of fiction
Subtitle: a non-Western narrative system
By: Ming Dong Gu.
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Chinese fiction -- History and criticism
Description: "In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.