Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Antiquity I. Origins II. one hundred flowers bloom, Let the hundred schools of thought contend! 1. Mo zi and the Logicians : 2. Legalism 3. The Fathers of Taoism III. The Confucian Classics Chapter 2: Prose I. Narrative Art and Historical Records II. The Return of the Style III. The Golden Age of Trivial Literature : IV. Literary Criticism Chapter 3: Poetry I. The Two Sources of Ancient Poetry 1. The Songs of Chu 2. Poetry of the Han Court II. The Golden Age of Chinese Poetry 1. From Aesthetic Emotion to Metaphysical Flights 2. From Age of Maturity 3. The Late Tang III. The Triumph of Genres in Song Chapter 4: The Literature of Entertainment: The and Theatre I. Narrative Literature Written in Classical Chinese II. The Theatre 1. The Opera-theatre of the North 2. The Opera-theatre of the South III. The 1. Oral Literature 2. Stories and Novellas 3. The Long Novel or Saga Abbreviations Index

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