Chinese theories of fiction : a non-Western narrative system /
Ming Dong Gu.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- xvi, 286 p. ; 24 cm.
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture .
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
Introduction : theory of fiction : a Chinese perspective -- Chinese notions of fiction -- The nature of (Chinese) fiction -- The aesthetic turn in Chinese fiction -- The poetic nature of Chinese fiction -- The art of the Jin Ping Mei : poetics of pure fiction -- The art of the Hongloumeng : poetic fiction and open fiction -- Theory of fiction : a Chinese system -- Conclusion : toward a transcultural theory of fiction. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
"In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism."--BOOK JACKET.