Discovering fiction
閻連科, 1958- (Author), Carlos Rojas (Translator) / Lianke Yan (Author)
"In Discovering Fiction, Yan Lianke critically examines trends in Western and Chinese literary realism and neo-realism, particularly from the nineteenth century to the present-day. Tracing a progression in Western literature from nineteenth-century high realism to early-twentieth-century modernism, to mid-twentieth-century magical realism, Yan focuses on the causal assumptions that ground each of these literary formations. Discovering Fiction concludes with a reflection on the approach to realism that Yan Lianke himself takes in his recent fictional works, and which he argues also applies to other contemporary Chinese novels. Dubbing this approach "mythorealism," Yan argues that it builds on, but is nevertheless distinct from, these earlier formations"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2022
Duke University Press, Durham, 2022