The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures - Hardcover

Braginsky, Vladimir

 
9780700712403: The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0700712402 ISBN 13: 9780700712403
Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

This book represents the first ever published introduction to the comparative study of traditional Asian literatures, embracing three vast literary zones: Arab-Islamic, Indo-South East Asian and Sino-Far Eastern. The aim of the book is to outline the main properties of Asian literatures in the period of 'reflective traditionalism' (the early centuries CE to the first half of the 19th century), when the creation of a vast body of aesthetically significant works was coupled with the emergence of literary self-awareness: when the nature of the creative process, the poetics and functions of the literary works, and the ways of their influence on the reader were thoroughly comprehended and committed to writing for the first time. The book is intended for specialists in Asian literatures, comparative literature, and literary theory, and for students of these topics.

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Vladimir Braginsky

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0700712402
ISBN 13 
9780700712403
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
364

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