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The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors
Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender
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eBook - PDF
The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors
Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender
About this book
In The Tale of Genji and Its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender, Jindan Ni departs from a "nativist" tradition which views The Tale of Genji as epitomizing an exclusively Japanese aesthetic distinct from Chinese influence and Buddhist values. Ni contests the traditional focus on Japanese essentialism by detailing the impact of Chinese literary forms and presenting the Japanese Heian Court as a site of dynamic and complex literary interchange. Combining close reading, the archival work of Japanese and Chinese scholars, and comparative literary theory, Ni argues that Murasaki Shikibu avoided the constraint of a single literary tradition by drawing on Chinese intertexts. Ni's account reveals the heterogeneity that makes The Tale of Genji a masterpiece with enduring appeal.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- The Tale of Genji and Its Chinese Precursors
- The Tale of Genji andIts Chinese PrecursorsBeyond the Boundaries of Nation,Class, and Gender
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Passages by the Light of the Moon
- Chapter 2
- Pride, Desire, and the Making of the Living Phantom
- Chapter 3
- Class, Gender, and Literary Transcendence
- Chapter 4
- Rethinking the Narratives of Fallen Women
- Chapter 5
- Repetition, Substitution, and Tragedy
- Chapter 6
- The Feminine Voice of Subversion and Inversion
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author