"Melancholia," Youyuzheng , and Yu
Mental Illness as a Call for National Salvation in Yu Dafu's Sinking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4275686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jianxin Dong (0000-0001-9564-1457, corresponding author), Ming Dong Gu (0000-0001-8952-5978) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 167-185 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2023.a966658 |
| OpenAlex | W4412901556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay examines "melancholia" ( youyuzheng ) as a notion introduced into Chinese society by the Chinese writer Yu Dafu in his novella Sinking . By describing its symptoms in the novella, the author expresses a concern over national degeneracy and ironically transforms a mental illness into a literary call for national salvation
Cognition · Melancholia · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Chinese history and philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |