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Chinese Narratology

Chinese Narratology

A milestone of Chinese narratological studies Chinese Narratology is a two-volume set which establishes a unique theoretical system of Chinese narratology by exploring the principles and characteristics of Chinese narratives. From argument to the conclusion the book constitutes a forensic analysis of the context and connotations of Chinese culture and a close reading of Chinese literature classics such as Romance of the Western Chamber A Dream of Red Mansions Outlaws of the Marsh Romance of The Three Kingdoms and The Plum in the Golden Vase. The book draws on both Western cultural resources and scholarship on narratology to unravel the unique features of Chinese narrative literature. It analyzes the distinctive characteristics of Chinese narratives in five aspects: structure time perspective image and commenter. The first volume introduces the cultural fundamentals that nurture Chinese narration and investigates the structure and time of Chinese narratives while the second volume focuses on the latter three aspects. The set is a must-read for scholars and students interested in narrative theory Chinese culture and literature and the dialogue between Chinese and Western narratological studies.

GBP 260.00
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Experiencing Art and Architecture Lessons on Looking

Experiencing Art and Architecture Lessons on Looking

In this multidisciplinary book Sanda Iliescu articulates a rich multi-faceted approach to the aesthetic experience. Through in-depth discussions of her own lived encounters with art architecture and the world around her she advocates a way of looking that blends sensory perception formal analysis social and political consciousness and personal memory. Focusing special attention on the aesthetic concept of the figure-ground problem the author challenges this foundational principle’s presumed hierarchies and shows how a new and more dynamic understanding of it can enhance our way of looking at and understanding art and architecture. Works discussed in the book include a wide range of contemporary and historic art and architecture among them artworks by Rembrandt Matisse Eva Hesse and David Hammons; architecture by Zaha Hadid Peter Zumthor and Weiss/Manfredi; and non-Western works such as a thirteenth-century Chinese vase and the Ryōanji dry garden in Kyoto Japan. Personal and engaging this book is for a wide audience of those practicing studying or with an interest in the creative fields from beginners to seasoned professionals. | Experiencing Art and Architecture Lessons on Looking

GBP 27.99
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Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

All people in no matter what culture must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs experiences and activities for without such ties music cannot exist. This means that there must be a body of theory connected with any music system - not necessarily a theory of the structure of music sound although that may be present as well but rather a theory of what music is what it does and how it is coordinated with the total environment both natural and cultural in which human beings move. The Flathead Indians of Western Montana (just over 26 000 in number as of the 2000 census) inhabit a reservation consisting of 632 516 acres of land in the Jocko and Flathead Valleys and the Camas Prairie country which lie roughly between Evaro and Kalispell Montana. The reservation is bounded on the east by the Mission Range on the west by the Cabinet National Forest on the south by the Lolo National Forest and on the north by an arbitrary line approximately bisecting Flathead Lake about twenty-four miles south of Kalispell. The area is one of the richest agricultural regions in Montana and fish and game are abundant. The Flathead are engaged in stocking timbering and various agricultural enterprises. For the Flathead the most important single fact about music and its relationship to the total world is its origin in the supernatural sphere. All true and proper songs particularly in the past owe their origin to a variety of contacts experienced by humans with beings which though a part of this world are superhuman and the source of both individual and tribal powers and skills. Thus a sharp distinction is drawn by the Flathead between what they call make-up and all other songs. Merriam's pioneering work in the relationship of ethnography and musicology remains a primary source in this field in anthropology. | Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

GBP 130.00
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