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"World literature/Chinese studies"--P. [4] of cover Includes bibliographical references Inhalt: Preface. Introduction: Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Prize and the Politics of Recognition / Kwok-kan Tam, p. 1. 1. Gao Xingjian on the Issue of Literary Creation for the Modern Writer / Mabel Lee, p. 21. 2. Drama of Paradox: Waiting as Form and Motif in The Bus-Stop and Waiting for Godot / Kowk-kan Tam, p. 43. 3. Avant-Garde Theatre in Post-Mao China: The Bus-Stop by Gao Xingjian / William Tay, p. 67. 4. The Theatre of the Absurd in China: Gao Xingjian's The Bus-Stop / Ma Sen, p. 77. 5. Wild Man Between Two Cultures / Xiaomei Chen, p. 89. 6. The Myth of Gao Xingjian / Jo Riley, p. 111. 7. Gao Xingjian's Monologue as Metadrama / Amy T. Y. Lai, p. 133. 8. Gao Xingjian and the Idea of the Theatre / Gilbert C. F. Fong, p. 147. 9. Space and Suppositionality in Gao Xingjian's Theatre / Quah Sy Ren, p. 157. 10. Gao Xingjian and the Asian Experimentation in Postmodernist Performance / Kwok-kan Tam, p. 201. 11. Gender and Self in Gao Xingjian's Three Post-Exile Plays / Terry Siu-han Yip, p. 215. 12. Pronouns as Protagonists: On Gao Xingjian's Theories of Narration / Mabel Lee, p. 235. 13. World Literature with Chinese Characteristics: On a Novel by Gao Xingjian / Torbjorn Loden, p. 257. 14. Gao Xingjian's Dialogue with Two Dead Poets from Shaoxing: Xu Wei and Lu Xun / Mabel Lee, p. 277. 15. Language as Subjectivity in One Man's Bible / Kwok-kan Tam, p. 293. 16. A Chronology of Gao Xingjian / Terry Siu-han Yip, p. 311. Notes on Contributors, p. 341. Publisher description: Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Laureate in Literature 2000, is a writer of many talents, being a novelist, playwright, stage director, painter, translator and critic at the same time. The Swedish Academy summarized in a press release Gao's achievements as follows: "an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama." His novels, Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, and his many later plays seek to rediscover the self in its originary consciousness, which is translingual and transcultural. Educated in China and now residing in France, Gao Xingjian writes in between two traditions, the Chinese and the Western. He started his literary career in the early 1980s, and has been noted for his experimentation with the dramatic form and his innovation in the use of narrative voice. In his works, he explores subjectivity beyond the limits of language by examining the self in relation to gender, culture, location and politics. This book presents a collection of critical studies on various aspects of Gao Xingjian's novels and plays. Contributors include distinguished scholars in the fields of comparative literature, theatre and Chinese studies, whose views form a critical dialogue on the writer's achievements in literature and the theatre. |
