Translating Theories: Bridging Chinese Literature and Culture with Western Theories [Hardcover]

Editorial Introduction - The Critical Vision of Professor Guohua Zhu: Bridging Eastern and Western Literary Discourse

Preface?

Acknowledgements

1. Transforming Knowledge into WisdomOn the Logical Starting Point for Literary Criticism

2. Literary Criticism in the Age of Mass Media

3. The Dilemma of Literary Criticism in the Age of Mass Media: A Case Study on the Bai-Han Debate

4. The Possibility of Literary Canonization

5. On the Conceptual Distinctions Between Highbrow Literature and Popular Literature

6. Art After the End of Art: Challenges and Possibilities

7. Cognition and Wisdom: The End of Art from a Trans-contextual Perspective

8. On Lin Yutangs Perspective on Humor

9. Choosing the Harsh WinterAn Interpretation of Lu Xuns Nihilism

10. Some Reflections on Jin Yong Studies

11. A Bittersweet Journey Through Culture

12. On Cui Jians Lyrics as Modern Popular Poetry

13. On the Vilification of Wang Anshi

14. Women Pursuing Men in Chinese Literature

15. On Duiwen as a Genre for Spiritual Complaint

16. Cultural Identity and Reinvention of Classics in China

17. Do the Chinese Also Dwell Poetically?  A Brief Discussion on the Contextual Conditions for the Aestheticization of Everyday Life

18. Several Levels of Academic Language  With a Discussion on Obscurity

Index

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