Yan Lianke - Discovering Fiction - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Over the past twenty years Chinese novelist Yan Lianke has emerged as one of the most important writers in the world. In Discovering Fiction Yan offers insights into his views on literature and realism the major works that inspired him and his theories of writing. He juxtaposes discussions of the high realism of Leo Tolstoy and Lu Xun against Franz Kafka's modernism and Gabriel Garc a M rquez's magical realism charting the relationship between causality truth and modes of realism. He also discusses his approach to realism which he terms mythorealism a way of capturing the world's underlying truth by relying on the allegories myths legends and dreamscapes that emerge from daily life. Revealing and instructive Discovering Fiction gives readers an unprecedented look into the mind and art of a literary giant.
Title: Discovering Fiction
Author(s): Yan Lianke
Publisher: Duke University Press
Barcode: 9781478018308
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 6/30/2022
Series: Sinotheory
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction