textual fracas

Texts and Theorists in Nineteenth-century China

Textual Background

Textual versus literary studies 志 : 文 风 : 骨 Text as physical and conceptual Textual periodisation

Textual Background

Bone, shell Bamboo slips Scrolls Folded paper Thread-bound juan Journals Western-style books Ebooks

Textual Background

Gudai/Jindai 古代 现代 1840s

Jindai /Xiandai 近代 现代 1910s

C19 Literary Theorists

A theorist of wen, 文 Writings to -benefit others -manifest the Dao -reflect the author..

Literary theorists

A clash between traditional theory and western aesthetics?

Jindai criticism as a tool against the Qing? Gong Zizhen and Wei Yuan: the politics of

literary criticism C18 scholarship: Han vs Song Kaozheng 考证 philological studies Literary form as worthy of study?

Literary Theorists

龚自珍 Gong Zizhen 1792-1841

魏源 Wei Yuan 1794-1856

刘熙载 Liu Xizai 1813-1881

Literary Theorists

Criticism as state-strengthening exercise Literary analysis to reflect social reality Personal morality reflected in literary

output Wen = 道， 义， 事， 情