These groundbreaking essays use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture and, in the process, transform the defi

DIVAn attempt to describe the new boundaries of the field of Chinese studies./div

Scholars of Chinese and Japanese literature present and compare their views on specific theories of literature, discuss their advantages and shortcomings, and c

DIVAn exploration of the theoretical and political consequences of the post-Enlightenment “self” and of the concept of self-referentiality./div

Combining anatomies of textual examples with broader contextual considerations related with the social, political and economic developments of post-Mao China, X