Identity in Asian Literature (Hardcover)

This work explores the formation of identity in literature from a variety of Asian countries: China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Palestine. The analysis applies new theoretical approaches to identity to indicate the transition from the traditional concept of literature to the modern one.;Topics include: Malay literary characters in the literatures of Europe and Asia; ethnicity in modern Indonesian literature; the Self in Chinese classical and modern literature; identity in modern Japanese literature: the case of Natsume Soseki; constructing new identities in Indonesia's Peranakan-Chinese literature; the religious and cultural identity of Tagore; and personal identity in Palestinian autobiography.

General

Imprint:	Curzon Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Asian Topics, v. 21
Release date:	November 1995
First published:	November 1995
Editors:	Lisbeth Littrup
Dimensions:	222 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-7007-0367-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-7007-0367-5
Barcode:	9780700703678

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