The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
- Contents
- Prolegomenon
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture
- Part I FOUNDATIONS
- 1. Language and Script
- 2. Myth
- 3. Philosophy and Literature in Early China
- 4. The Thirteen Classics
- 5. Shih-Ching Poetry and Didacticism in Ancient Chinese Literature
- 6. The Supernatural
- 7. Wit and Humor
- 8. Proverbs
- 9. Buddhist Literature
- 10. Taoist Heritage
- 11. Women in Literature
- Part II POETRY
- 12. Sao, Fu, Parallel Prose, and Related Genres
- 13. Poetry from 200 B.C.E. to 600 C. E.
- 14. Poetry of the T'ang Dynasty
- 15. Tz'u
- 16. Sung Dynasty Shih Poetry
- 18. Mongol-Yuan Classical Verse (Shih)
- 17. Yuan San-Ch'u
- 19. Poetry of the Fourteenth Century
- 20. Poetry of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
- 21. Poetry of the Seventeenth Century
- 22. Poetry of the Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
- 23. Ch'ing Lyric
- 24. Modern Poetry
- 25. Poetry and Painting
- Part III PROSE
- 26. The Literary Features of Historical Writing
- 27. Early Biography
- 28. Expository Prose
- 29. Records of Anomalies
- 30. Travel Literature
- 31. Sketches
- 32. Twentieth-Century Prose
- Part IV FICTION
- 33. T'ang Tales
- 34. Vernacular Stories
- 35. Full-Length Vernacular Fiction
- 36. Traditional Vernacular Novels: Some Lesser-Known Works
- 37. The Later Classical Tale
- 38. Fiction from the End of the Empire to the Beginning of the Republic (1897-1916)
- 39. Twentieth-Century Fiction
- 40. China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan During the 1980s and 1990s
- Part V DRAMA
- 41. Traditional Dramatic Literature
- 42. Twentieth-Century Spoken Drama
- Part VI Commentary, Criticism, and Interpretation
- 43. The Rhetoric of Premodern Prose Style
- 44. Classical Exegesis
- 45. Literary Theory and Criticism
- 46. Traditional Fiction Commentary
- Part VII POPULAR AND PERIPHERAL MANIFESTATIONS
- 47. Balladry and Popular Song
- 48. Tun-Huang Literature
- 49. The Oral-Formulaic Tradition
- 50. Regional Literatures
- 51. Ethnic Minority Literature
- 52. The Translator's Turn: the Birth of Modern Chinese Language and Fiction
- 53. The Reception of Chinese Literature in Korea
- 54. The Reception of Chinese Literature in Japan
- 55. The Reception of Chinese Literature in Vietnam
- Suggested Further Reading
- Principle Chinese Dynasties and Periods
- Romanization Schemes for Modern Standard Mandarin
- Glossary of Terms
- Glossary of Names
- Glossary of Titles
- Index
- Contributors
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