Mo Yan in context Nobel laureate and global storyteller

"This is the first English-language study of the Chinese writer's work and influence, featuring essays from scholars in a range of disciplines, from both China and the United States. Its introduction, twelve articles, and epilogue aim to deepen and widen critical discussions of both a spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Duran, Angelica (Editor), Huang, Yuhan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana Purdue University Press 2014, [2014]
Series:Comparative cultural studies
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Introduction to Mo Yan in context : Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller / Angelica Duran and Yuhan Huang
  • A mutually rewarding yet uneasy and sometimes fragile relationship between author and translator / Howard Goldblatt
  • The Censorship of Mo Yans The Garlic Ballads / Thomas Chen
  • Representations of China and Japan in Mo Yans, Hayashis and Naruse's texts / Noriko J. Horiguchi
  • Abortion in Faulkner's The Wild Palms and Mo Yan's Frog / Lanlan Du
  • Rural Chineseness Mo Yan's Work and World Literature / Chengzhou He
  • The Realpolitik of Mo Yans Fiction / Sabina Knight
  • Mo Yans Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in a cultural and visual context / Yuhan Huang
  • Mo Yan's The Garlic Ballads and Lide and Death Are Wearing Me Out in the Context of Religious and Chinese Literary Conventions / Chi-ying Alice Wang
  • Religious Elements in Mo Yans and Yan Lianke's Works / Jinghui Wang
  • Mo Yans work and the politics of literary humor / Alexa Huang and Angelica Duran
  • Cosmopolitanism and the internationalization of Chinese literature / Ning Wang
  • Variation study in Western and Chinese comparative literature / Shunqing Cao and Miaomiao Wang
  • Soul Searching in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Society / Fenggang Yang