Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination: Prognostication in History, cartea 4
Michael Lackner, Kwok-kan Tam, Monika Gänssbauer, Terry Siu Han Yipen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 apr 2020
The chapters in this book represent concerted efforts in research originated from a project conducted at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Contributors are Michael Lackner, Kwok-kan Tam, Monika Gaenssbauer, Terry Siu-han Yip, Xie Qun, Roland Altenburger, Jessica Tsui-yan Li, Kaby Wing-Sze Kung, Nicoletta Pesaro, Yan Xu-Lackner, and Anna Wing Bo Tso.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004427341
ISBN-10: 9004427341
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Prognostication in History
ISBN-10: 9004427341
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Prognostication in History
Cuprins
Foreword: Chinese Literati and Intellectuals on Mantic Arts: A Philosophy of Divination?
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination
Kwok-kan Tam, Michael Lackner, Monika Gaenssbauer and Terry Siu-han Yip
1 Fate and Destiny: Yuan as Ming in “Matrimony Inn” and Eileen Chang’s Half a Lifelong Romance and “Love in a Fallen City”
Terry Siu-han Yip
2 Prophecy, “Ming” and the Lost Self in The Legend of Mi Yue
Xie Qun
3 Popular Response to Natural Disaster in Eighteenth Century Shandong: Views from below as Represented in Prosimetric Vernacular Narrative
Roland Altenburger
4 Fate, Reincarnation and Medicinal Cannibalism in Lillian Lee’s Dumplings
Jessica Tsui-yan Li
5 Recurring Fate in Two Hong Kong Films: Life after Life and Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
Kaby Wing-Sze Kung
6 Dream-Scenes, the Concept of Time and Prognostication in Wong Kar-wai’s Ashes of Time
Monika Gaenssbauer
7 Psycho-Fatalism in Xi Xi’s Story “A Girl Like Me”
Kwok-kan Tam
8 The Clash between Personal Fate, Future, and Society in Ge Fei’s Latest Fiction
Nicoletta Pesaro
9 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Historical Allusions and Oracles
Yan Xu-Lackner
10 Divination or Death Traps? The Semiotic Language in Chinese Folklore and Fortune-Telling
Anna Wing Bo Tso
Index
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination
Kwok-kan Tam, Michael Lackner, Monika Gaenssbauer and Terry Siu-han Yip
1 Fate and Destiny: Yuan as Ming in “Matrimony Inn” and Eileen Chang’s Half a Lifelong Romance and “Love in a Fallen City”
Terry Siu-han Yip
2 Prophecy, “Ming” and the Lost Self in The Legend of Mi Yue
Xie Qun
3 Popular Response to Natural Disaster in Eighteenth Century Shandong: Views from below as Represented in Prosimetric Vernacular Narrative
Roland Altenburger
4 Fate, Reincarnation and Medicinal Cannibalism in Lillian Lee’s Dumplings
Jessica Tsui-yan Li
5 Recurring Fate in Two Hong Kong Films: Life after Life and Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
Kaby Wing-Sze Kung
6 Dream-Scenes, the Concept of Time and Prognostication in Wong Kar-wai’s Ashes of Time
Monika Gaenssbauer
7 Psycho-Fatalism in Xi Xi’s Story “A Girl Like Me”
Kwok-kan Tam
8 The Clash between Personal Fate, Future, and Society in Ge Fei’s Latest Fiction
Nicoletta Pesaro
9 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Historical Allusions and Oracles
Yan Xu-Lackner
10 Divination or Death Traps? The Semiotic Language in Chinese Folklore and Fortune-Telling
Anna Wing Bo Tso
Index
Notă biografică
Michael Lackner is Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Director of the International Research Consortium in the Humanities. He is editor of the book series Prognostication in History (Brill). He is a historian-philosopher and an international authority in the study of fate and prognostication.
Kwok-kan Tam is Chair Professor of English and Dean of Humanities and Social Science at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. He has held senior positions as Professor and Dean at other universities in Hong Kong. He is formerly Head and currently Member of the International Ibsen Committee, University of Oslo. His research covers Ibsen studies, Gao Xingjian studies, World Englishes, Chinese film, drama, and gender and literature.
Monika Gaenssbauer is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at Stockholm University. From 2009–2015 she served as Deputy Chair of Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her main research areas are Chinese contemporary literature and translation studies.
Terry Siu-han Yip is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. She served as Chair of the Department of English in 1995–2008. Her research interests range from European Romanticism and British Modernism to modern Chinese literature, Chinese-European literary relations and gender studies.
Kwok-kan Tam is Chair Professor of English and Dean of Humanities and Social Science at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. He has held senior positions as Professor and Dean at other universities in Hong Kong. He is formerly Head and currently Member of the International Ibsen Committee, University of Oslo. His research covers Ibsen studies, Gao Xingjian studies, World Englishes, Chinese film, drama, and gender and literature.
Monika Gaenssbauer is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at Stockholm University. From 2009–2015 she served as Deputy Chair of Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her main research areas are Chinese contemporary literature and translation studies.
Terry Siu-han Yip is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. She served as Chair of the Department of English in 1995–2008. Her research interests range from European Romanticism and British Modernism to modern Chinese literature, Chinese-European literary relations and gender studies.