Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century
Contributors: Pang-yuan Chi (Editor); David, Der-wei Wang (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780253337108
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Chinese; Literary Criticism; Asian - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian; Asian; Asian - Chinese; 20th century; Chinese Literature; History and criticism
First sentence: In 1988, during a (transcribed) dialogue, "Thoughts and Feelings on Literature and Art," Li Zehou told me that he urged writers never to read literary theory: writers are endowed with their sensibility, understanding, and vitality of thought, but once they read theory, these are either extinguished or spirited away.