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Chinesia - The European Construction of China in the Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hardcover, Reprint 2010)
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Chinesia - The European Construction of China in the Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hardcover, Reprint 2010)
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Our perception of the Others is based on our conception of
ourselves. In theory the Others should be different. If necessary,
we alter their images to accommodate the apperception of ourselves.
Thus Chinesia, an amalgamation of facts and fiction, was created.
In order to avoid previous repetition of stereotypes and
prejudices, the present study re-examines the parameters which
created Chinesia and traces its development to the end of the 18th
century. The literary study begins with the analysis of European
dramatization of the Manchu Conquest of China and its subsequent
fictional Christianization. Then the Jesuit plays with Chinese
themes are discussed, for the first time in literary history. Also
analyzed is the reception of the Chinese Orphan motive in European
literature which was the turning point in downgrading China, and
subsequently Montesquieu's impact on Albrecht von Haller's novel
"Usong" is examined. Thereafter, the study scrutinizes the
contradictory positions of Herder and von Seckendorff (or Goethe,
for that matter) in Weimar. The book concludes with a concise
analysis of the 'eschatological sinism' of Hegel, Marx and Weber to
indicate the development of the later centuries.
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