Contents
Preface
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1. The Concept of Literature
Chapter 2. Language and Writing, Paper and Printing, Education and Literacy
Chapter 3. Traditional Chinese Society, Especially in the Period from the Han to the Qing
Chapter 4. The Central Tradition in Traditional Society
Chapter 5. The Way and the Government. Truth and Literature
Chapter 6. The Study and Translation of Chinese Literature in the West
Part II: From the Earliest Times to the Invention of Paper
Chinese Political History before A.D. 100
Chapter 7. Historical Prose
Chapter 8. The Philosophers
Chapter 9. Poetry
Part III: From the Invention of Paper to the Spread of Book Printing
Chinese Political History, 100-700
Chapter 10. Fu, Prose, and Literary Criticism
Chapter 11. Poetry: Shi and Yuefu
Chinese Political History, 700-1000
Chapter 12. Poetry: Shi
Chapter 13. Tang Prose: Ancient-style Prose and Short Stories
Chapter 14. Popular Literature: Ci and Bianwen
Part IV: From the Spread of Book Printing to the Introduction of Western Printing Methods
Chinese Political History, 1000-1450
Chapter 15. Poetry: Shi, Shihua and Ci
Chapter 16. Prose: Guwen, Biji, Chuanqi, Pinghua
Chapter 17. Qu: Zhugongdiao, Zaju and Sanqu, and Xiwen
Chinese Political History, 1450-1915
Chapter 18. Classical-Language Poetry and Prose
Chapter 19. Drama: Zaju, Chuanqi, and Regional Drama
Chapter 20. The Novel (1450-1650)
Chapter 21. The Novella (Huaben)
Chapter 22. The Novel (1650-1875)
Chapter 23. Performance Texts and Oral Literature
Part V: The Transition to the Modern Literature (1875-1915)
Chapter 24. The Transitional Period
Part VI: Modern Literature (1915-1990)
Chinese Political History, 1915-1990
Chapter 25. Modern Literature: An Introduction
Chapter 26. Modern Literature 1917-1942: The Short Story and the Novel
Chapter 27. Modern Literature 1917-1942: Poetry, Drama, and Essay
Chapter 28. Modern Literature: 1942-1990
Bibliography
Glossary-Index