Fictions of Enlightenment : Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber /
Li, Qiancheng
Fictions of Enlightenment : Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber / Qiancheng Li. - 1 online resource (264 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 Setting the Terms -- CHAPTER 2 Soteriological Patterns, Narrative Structures -- CHAPTER 3 The Journey -- CHAPTER 4 The Dream -- CHAPTER 5 The "Red Chamber59 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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Fictions of Enlightenment is the first book to examine the fascinating and intricate relationship between Buddhism and the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. Qiancheng Li brings Buddhist models to bear on the vision, structure, and narrative form of three classics of late imperial literature—Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber—arguing that by fashioning their plots after the narratives of certain Mahāyāna sutras, the novelists transformed Buddhist concepts into narrative structures. Within the traditional Chinese novel Li even defines a new genre: the fiction of enlightenment.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780824844547
10.1515/9780824844547 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese.
Fictions of Enlightenment : Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber / Qiancheng Li. - 1 online resource (264 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 Setting the Terms -- CHAPTER 2 Soteriological Patterns, Narrative Structures -- CHAPTER 3 The Journey -- CHAPTER 4 The Dream -- CHAPTER 5 The "Red Chamber59 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Fictions of Enlightenment is the first book to examine the fascinating and intricate relationship between Buddhism and the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. Qiancheng Li brings Buddhist models to bear on the vision, structure, and narrative form of three classics of late imperial literature—Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber—arguing that by fashioning their plots after the narratives of certain Mahāyāna sutras, the novelists transformed Buddhist concepts into narrative structures. Within the traditional Chinese novel Li even defines a new genre: the fiction of enlightenment.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780824844547
10.1515/9780824844547 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese.