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textual fracas

textual fracas . Texts and Theorists in Nineteenth-century China. Textual Background. Textual versus literary studies 志: 文 风: 骨 Text as physical and conceptual Textual periodisation. Textual Background. Bone, shell Bamboo slips Scrolls Folded paper

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textual fracas

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  1. textual fracas Texts and Theorists in Nineteenth-century China

  2. Textual Background • Textual versus literary studies • 志: 文 风: 骨 • Text as physical and conceptual • Textual periodisation

  3. Textual Background Bone, shell Bamboo slips Scrolls Folded paper Thread-bound juan Journals Western-style books Ebooks

  4. Textual Background • Gudai/Jindai 古代 现代 1840s • Jindai /Xiandai 近代 现代 1910s

  5. C19 Literary Theorists • A theorist of wen,文 • Writings to • -benefit others • -manifest the Dao • -reflect the author..

  6. Literary theorists • A clash between traditional theory and western aesthetics? • Jindai criticism as a tool against the Qing? • Gong Zizhen and Wei Yuan: the politics of literary criticism • C18 scholarship: Han vs Song • Kaozheng 考证 philological studies • Literary form as worthy of study?

  7. Literary Theorists • 龚自珍 Gong Zizhen 1792-1841 • 魏源 Wei Yuan 1794-1856 • 刘熙载 Liu Xizai 1813-1881

  8. Literary Theorists • Criticism as state-strengthening exercise • Literary analysis to reflect social reality • Personal morality reflected in literary output • Wen = 道， 义， 事， 情

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