03651cam a22005418i 4500 118899 118899 22290673 BJBSDDR 20230805181421.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 211029s2022 ncu b 001 0 eng 2021041141 9781478018308 (paperback) 1478018305 (paperback) 9781478022916 (ebook) NcD/DLC eng rda DLC eng chi pcc PL 2925 Y21d 2022 895.13/52 Yan, Lianke, 1958- 28526 Fa xian xiao shuo. English Discovering fiction / Yan Lianke ; translated by Carlos Rojas. Durham : Duke University Press, 2022. xvi, 140 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Sinotheory Includes bibliographical references and index. Translator's Introduction: Creating Reality and Surpassing Realism -- Realism's Four Levels of Reality -- Zero Causality -- Full Causality -- Partial Causality -- Inner Causality -- Mythorealism. "In Discovering Fiction, Yan Lianke critically examines trends in Western and Chinese literary realism and neo-realism, particularly from the nineteenth century to the present-day. Tracing a progression in Western literature from nineteenth-century high realism to early-twentieth-century modernism, to mid-twentieth-century magical realism, Yan focuses on the causal assumptions that ground each of these literary formations. Discovering Fiction concludes with a reflection on the approach to realism that Yan Lianke himself takes in his recent fictional works, and which he argues also applies to other contemporary Chinese novels. Dubbing this approach "mythorealism," Yan argues that it builds on, but is nevertheless distinct from, these earlier formations"-- Provided by publisher. "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 García Márquez'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. "-- Provided by publisher. Fiction Technique. Fiction History and criticism. Realism in literature. Ficción 3316 Técnicas Ficción 28269 Historia y crítica Realismo en la literatura 24960 LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh FICTION / Literary bisacsh Rojas, Carlos, 1970- translator. 31336 Online version: Yan, Lianke, 1958- Discovering fiction. Durham : Duke University Press, 2022 9781478022916 (DLC) 2021041142 Sinotheory 31335 0 vip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-03-22 0 PL 2925 Y21d 2022 00000150084 2023-03-22 00:00:00 1 2023-03-22 BK