Chinese Theories of Reading And Writing: A Route to Hermeneutics And Open Poetics - Brossura

Gu, Ming Dong

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ISBN 10: 0791464245 ISBN 13: 9780791464243

Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 2006

Riassunto

This ambitious work provides a systematic study of Chinese theories of reading and writing in intellectual thought and critical practice. The author maintains that there are two major hermeneutic traditions in Chinese literature: the politico-moralistic mainstream and the metaphysico-aesthetical undercurrent. In exploring the interaction between the two, Ming Dong Gu finds a movement toward interpretive openness. In this, the Chinese practice anticipates modern and Western theories of interpretation, especially literary openness and open poetics. Classic Chinese works are examined, including the Zhouyi (the I Ching or Book of Changes), the Shijing (the Book of Songs or Book of Poetry), and selected poetry, along with the philosophical background of the hermeneutic theories. Ultimately, Gu relates the Chinese practices of reading to Western hermeneutics, offering a cross-cultural conceptual model for the comparative study of reading and writing in general.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ming Dong Gu is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at Rhodes College.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791464245
• ISBN 13: 9780791464243
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile