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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300010603321

Autore

Huang Yonglin

Titolo

Narrative of Chinese and Western Popular Fiction : Comparison and Interpretation / / by Yonglin Huang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-662-57575-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages)

Disciplina

895.13009

Soggetti

Comparative literature

Philology

Linguistics

Chinese language

Comparative Literature

Language and Literature

Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Popular Literature, Elite Literature and Folk Literature -- Folktales and the Evolution of Fiction -- Narrative Modes of Popular Fiction -- Court-case Fiction and Detective Fiction -- Martial Arts Fiction and Chivalric Literature -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories -- Romantic Fiction and Erotic Fiction -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a comprehensive and systematic study of the narrative history and narrative methods of Chinese and Western popular fiction from the perspectives of narratology, comparative literature, and art and literature studies by adopting the methodology of parallel comparison. The book is a pioneering work that systematically investigates the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western popular fiction, and traces the root causes leading to the differences. By means of narrative comparison, it explores the conceptual and spiritual correlations and differences between Chinese and Western popular fiction and, by relating them to the root causes of cultural spirit, allows us to gain an insight into the cultural heritage of



different nations. The book is structured in line with a cause-and-effect logical sequence and moves from the macroscopic to the microscopic, from history to reality, and from theory to practice. The integration of macro-level theoretical studies and micro-level case studies is both novel and effective. This book was awarded Second Prize at the Sixth Outstanding Achievement Awards in Scientific Research for Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning (Humanities & Social Sciences, 2013).