Chinese Theories of Fiction

Ming Dong Gu

earliest edition we have, 2006 State University of New York Press, 2007 paperback 286 pages

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

"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 b...

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Chinese Theories of Fiction paperback · 2007 · State University of New York Press · 286 pages · 9780791468166
Chinese theories of fiction edition · 2006 · State University of New York Press · 286 pages

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