Chinese literature
Subtitle: Great Tradition since The Book of Songs
By: Yao Dan ; translated by Li Ziliang  [and three others]
Edition: 2nd edition.
Series: Cultural China series; Cultural China series
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Beijing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9787508515861
Subjects: Chinese literature; Literature; Chinese Authors; History and criticism
Other titles: Great tradition since the Book of songs
Work titles: Zhongguo wen xue
Notes: Colophon text in Chinese and English.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Part One: Ancient Chinese literature / by Yao Dan; title: The book of Songs: the earliest anthology of poetry; title: "Folk songs of 15 regions" ("Guofeng"); title: The epic of the western Zhou people; title: Prose writings of various schools of thought during the spring and autumn and the Warring States Period: models for prose writings; title: Tao Te Ching; title: The Analects; title: Mencius; title: Zhuangzi; title: Lu Yuan: a romantic lyricist; title: Qu Yuan; title: The lament on encountering sorrows; title: Records of the historian: the first and last work by historians, Li Sao without rhyme; title: Pre-Qin historical books; title: About Records of the historian; title: The characterization in Records of the historian; title: History and literature; title: Literature in the Wei and Jin Period: the vigorous and powerful style of Jian'an literature and Tao Yuanming; title: Li Bai and Du Fu: The two summits of Tang poetry; title: Li Bai, romantic genius poet; title: Du Fu, a compassionate sage poet; title: Ci poetry: poems that can be sung; title: Su Shi; title: Li Qingzhao; title: Xin Qiji; title: Two outstanding playwrights of the Yuan Opera: Guan Hanqing and Wang Shifu; title: Guan Hanqing; title: Wang Shifu; title: Classical fictions in chapter-titled style in the Ming Dynasty: Romance of the three kingdoms, Outlaws of the marsh and Journey to the west; title: Romance of the three kingdoms; title: Outlaws of the marsh; title: Strange tales from Make-Do Studio: short stories of the Qing Dynasty; title: A dream of red mansions: the pinnacle of classical literature; title: Part Two: modern and contemporary Chinese literature / by Deng Jinhui, Wang Feng & Tang Huiyun; title: Lu Xun, founder of new vernacular literature; title: The transformation of literature; title: Lu Xun; title: Modern fiction: Echo of the times; title: Mao Dun and modern fiction; title: Ba Jin and his "torrent trilogy"; title: Lao She and "Beijing style" citizen fiction; title: "Beijing School" and Shanghai School"; title: New poetry: finding a voice of their own; title: New poetry: finding a voice of their own; title: Guo Moruo: a destroyer and a creator; title: Ai Qing: a singer of the land and the sun; title: Mu Dan: richness vs. rich suffering; title: Modern drama: birth and maturing; title: Literature in the new era: reflections, root-seeking and explorations; title: Memories of the historical  wounds; title: Root-seeking and countryside literature; title: Avantgarde novels; title: Writings of the neo-realism; title: Trend of new poetry; title: Present-day literature: writings for the public; title: New historical novels: voices of individuality; title: Cultural prose: a new literary style; title: Youth writing: Keeping abreast with fashion; title: Movie-TV literature and cyber-literature: another wing of literature; title: Appendix: Chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.