Title: Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan
Description: "Examines the transformation of Chinese literary genres in mid-Heian Japan by focusing on the ritualized recitation practices through which these works were performed and heard. This reconstruction of recitation as both a social and literary act demonstrates Sinographic literature's practical use among the capital nobility and modifications of Tang aesthetic principles"--
Subjects: Japanese literature, history and criticism, Literacy, Oral interpretation, Kanbungaku (Japanese literature), History and criticism, Japanese literature, Chinese influences, History, Kundoku, Heian period