Language-Paradox-Poetics : a Chinese Perspective.

By:

Liu, James J. Y

Contributor(s):

Lynn, Richard John

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400859689
1400859689

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language-Paradox-Poetics : A Chinese Perspective.DDC classification:

495.1/16 19

LOC classification:

PL1279

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Paradox Of Language -- 2. The Metaparadox of Poetics -- 3. The Poetics of Paradox -- 4. The Paradox of Interpretation -- Afterword: Impersonal Personality -- Chinese Words and Names -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Summary: In attempting to define a ""poetics of paradox"" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is ""said"" in poetry, the more is ""meant."" Such a view implied the existence of paradox in the very use of language and led traditional Chinese hermeneutics to a study of ""metaparadox""--The use of language to explicate texts the meaning of.

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In attempting to define a ""poetics of paradox"" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is ""said"" in poetry, the more is ""meant."" Such a view implied the existence of paradox in the very use of language and led traditional Chinese hermeneutics to a study of ""metaparadox""--The use of language to explicate texts the meaning of.

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