03462nam 2200661 a 450 991079003990332120200520144314.01-283-12027-5978661312027490-04-19593-910.1163/ej.9789004191662.i-277(CKB)2670000000092656(EBL)717562(OCoLC)727944964(SSID)ssj0000502853(PQKBManifestationID)12148493(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502853(PQKBWorkID)10527601(PQKB)10186109(MiAaPQ)EBC717562(OCoLC)682903107(nllekb)BRILL9789004195936(Au-PeEL)EBL717562(CaPaEBR)ebr10470560(CaONFJC)MIL312027(PPN)170414922(EXLCZ)99267000000009265620101116d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China[electronic resource] /by Mei ChunBoston Brill20111 online resource (289 p.)Sinica Leidensia,0169-9563 ;v. 101Description based upon print version of record.90-04-19166-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical -- Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes -- Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.The cultural fascination with and imagination of theater has long been overlooked as an important historical and literary context for reading Water Margin and Journey to the West . This study focuses on the concept of “the theatrical” to read those novels and their commentaries. Imbued with performances, playacting, spectacles, and spectatorship, the early modern theatrical novel borrowed heavily from theater to conflate the theatrical and the real, juggle theatrical roles, persons, and identities, and contest orthodoxies by challenging and appropriating sites of control and authority. This study showcases the theatrical novel’s unique position as a new form of literati self-representation in response to the destabilizing social and political forces of early modern China.Sinica Leidensia ;v. 101.Chinese fictionYuan dynasty, 1260-1368History and criticismChinese fictionMing dynasty, 1368-1644History and criticismTheater in literatureChinese fictionHistory and criticism.Chinese fictionHistory and criticism.Theater in literature.895.1/34809Mei Chun1976-1543672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790039903321The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China3797248UNINA