1st Edition
The Classic and Creativity Chinese and Western Comparative Poetics in the Age of World Literature
By Jiang Zhuyu
Copyright 2026
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the complex, dialectical interplay between the classic and creativity through a unique comparative lens that bridges Chinese and Western literary traditions.
The interplay between the classic and creativity has been a fundamental question in literary criticism, although readers may be more familiar with discussions from the Western literary tradition, such as T. S. Eliot's... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Classic and Creativity in Western Literary Criticism 3. The Classic and Creativity in Chinese Literary Criticism 4. The Classic as “Means of Discrimination” against Creativity 5. The Adaptation Where the Classic and Creativity Wrestle 6. Notes Where the Classic and Creativity Interact
Biography
Jiang Zhuyu is an associate professor at the Faculty of English Language and Culture and a researcher at the Institute of Hermeneutic studies at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. Her research interest includes comparative poetics and art history.
