The Lyrical And The Epic
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Author |
: Jaroslav Průšek |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X000156844 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lyrical and the Epic by : Jaroslav Průšek
Examines 20th century (especially post-revolutionary) Chinese literature in reference to the traditions and continuity of classical Chinese literature. The method is of interest to both Sinologists and those interested in methods for critical study of comparative literature.
Author |
: David Der-wei Wang |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 537 |
Release |
: 2015-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231538572 |
ISBN-13 |
: 023153857X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lyrical in Epic Time by : David Der-wei Wang
In this book, David Der-wei Wang uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China's social and political crises in the mid-twentieth century, Wang contends that national cataclysm and mass movements intensified Chinese lyricism in extraordinary ways. Wang calls attention to the form's vigor and variety at an unlikely juncture in Chinese history and the precarious consequences it brought about: betrayal, self-abjuration, suicide, and silence. Despite their divergent backgrounds and commitments, the writers, artists, and intellectuals discussed in this book all took lyricism as a way to explore selfhood in relation to solidarity, the role of the artist in history, and the potential for poetry to illuminate crisis. They experimented with poetry, fiction, film, intellectual treatise, political manifesto, painting, calligraphy, and music. Western critics, Wang shows, also used lyricism to critique their perilous, epic time. He reads Martin Heidegger, Theodor Adorno, Cleanth Brooks, and Paul de Man, among others, to complete his portrait. The Chinese case only further intensifies the permeable nature of lyrical discourse, forcing us to reengage with the dominant role of revolution and enlightenment in shaping Chinese—and global—modernity. Wang's remarkable survey reestablishes Chinese lyricism's deep roots in its own native traditions, along with Western influences, and realizes the relevance of such a lyrical calling of the past century to our time.
Author |
: Gregory Nagy |
Publisher |
: Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 1994-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801848474 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801848476 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pindar's Homer by : Gregory Nagy
Throughout, he progressively broadens the definition of lyric to the point where it becomes the basis for defining epic, rather than the other way around.
Author |
: Franco Moretti |
Publisher |
: Verso |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1859849342 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781859849347 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern Epic by : Franco Moretti
Having coined a new term modern epic, the author analyses the phenomenon, & attempts to situate the works of e.g. Joyce, Proust & Musil within our literary tradition.
Author |
: Kang-i Sun Chang |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 830 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521855594 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521855594 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375 by : Kang-i Sun Chang
Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University. --Book Jacket.
Author |
: Garrett Epps |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2013-09-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199974740 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199974748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Epic by : Garrett Epps
"The United States is the only nation in the world in which political leaders, judges and soldiers all swear allegiance not to a king or a people but to a document, the Constitution. The Constitution today, however, is much revered but little read. . Readers of AMERICAN EPIC will never think of the Constitution in quite the same way again. Garrett Epps, a legal scholar who is also a journalist and writer of prize-winning fiction, takes readers on a literary tour of the Constitution, finding in it much that is interesting, puzzling, praiseworthy, and sometimes hilarious. Reading the Constitution like a literary work yields a host of meanings that shed new light on what it means to be an American"--
Author |
: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o |
Publisher |
: The New Press |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2020-10-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781620975268 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1620975262 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Perfect Nine by : Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels and memoirs have received glowing praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and NPR; he has been a finalist for the Man International Booker Prize and is annually tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; and his books have sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters—called “The Perfect Nine” —and the challenges they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice. Ngũgĩ’s epic is a quest for the beautiful as an ideal of living, as the motive force behind migrations of African peoples. He notes, “The epic came to me one night as a revelation of ideals of quest, courage, perseverance, unity, family; and the sense of the divine, in human struggles with nature and nurture.”
Author |
: Judith Keßler |
Publisher |
: Radboud Studies in Humanities |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9004291903 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004291904 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Controversial Poetry 1400-1625 by : Judith Keßler
"Controversial poetry played a crucial role in dealing with religious, political, and scholarly conflicts from 1400 until 1625. This volume analyses roles and functions of Latin, Italian, Dutch, German, Scots, and Hungarian poetry in specific historical controversies. A media theory of poetical impact is proposed by Franz-Josef Holznagel and Dieuwke van der Poel. Levente Seláf, Philipp Steinkamp, and Guillaume van Gemert examine the genres sung in wars, and in rulers' controversies. Judith Kessler, Dirk Coigneau, Juliette Groenland, and Regina Töpfer analyse how female and male rhetoricians and humanists use verse in religious, municipal, and educational conflicts. Signe Rotter-Broman, Samuel Pakucs Willcocks, and Alasdair MacDonald explain how reception strategies can shape cultural and political identities."--
Author |
: Jean E. Pendziwol |
Publisher |
: Groundwood Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2017-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781554988488 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1554988489 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Me and You and the Red Canoe by : Jean E. Pendziwol
“A true gem that invites contemplation and reflection in children, who are often too busy to notice the beauty of everyday life.” — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW In the stillness of a summer dawn, two siblings leave their campsite with fishing rods, tackle and bait, and push a red canoe into the lake. A perfect morning on the water unfolds, with thrilling glimpses of wildlife along the way. The narrator describes the experience vividly. Trailing a lure through the blue-green depths, the siblings paddle around a point, spotting a moose in the shallows, a beaver swimming towards its home and an eagle returning to its nest. Suddenly there is a sharp tug and the rod bends to meet the water. A few heart-stopping moments later, the pair pull a silvery trout from the water, then paddle back to the campsite to fry up a delicious breakfast. The poetic text is accompanied by stunningly beautiful paintings rendered on wood panels that give a nostalgic feeling to the story. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Author |
: Matthew S. Farlow |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2017-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781532603853 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1532603851 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dramatizing of Theology by : Matthew S. Farlow
Matthew Farlow traces the thoughts of Balthasar and Barth so as to enter into theological truth of God’s Being-in-Act. This exploration embarks on a journey into the reality of our Triune God who has engaged his creation so as to elicit fellow actors. God seeking out humanity is God with us, a truth that not only informs our theological endeavors, but invites us into the dramatic performance of reconciliation. As Farlow illumines, God is an acting God who seeks fellow participants in his ongoing drama of salvation. Through the dramatizing of theology, the church and her theologians come to realize God’s threefold movement—revelation, invitation and reconciliation. It is a unified act that startles humanity, and thus theology, out of its “spectator’s seat,” so as to drag it onto the world’s stage. As Farlow discusses, it is through the dramatizing of theology that we find ourselves best equipped to participate faithfully in the role of a lifetime.