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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 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 Thread-bound juan Journals Western-style books Ebooks
Textual Background • Gudai/Jindai 古代 现代 1840s • Jindai /Xiandai 近代 现代 1910s
C19 Literary Theorists • A theorist of wen,文 • Writings to • -benefit others • -manifest the Dao • -reflect the author..
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?
Literary Theorists • 龚自珍 Gong Zizhen 1792-1841 • 魏源 Wei Yuan 1794-1856 • 刘熙载 Liu Xizai 1813-1881
Literary Theorists • Criticism as state-strengthening exercise • Literary analysis to reflect social reality • Personal morality reflected in literary output • Wen = 道, 义, 事, 情