Through the Gauze Curtain: Glimpses of Cultural Revolution in Gao Xingjian’s Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather

Fuente: Redalyc
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Dr. Sruti Ramachandran
Format: Artículo científico
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: Perception Publishing 2017
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1876486966527131648
author Dr. Sruti Ramachandran
author_facet Dr. Sruti Ramachandran
contents Through the Gauze Curtain: Glimpses of Cultural Revolution in Gao Xingjian’s Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather Dr. Sruti Ramachandran Lengua y Literatura Politics Chinese Culture Chinese literature Cultural Revolution Globalization and the emergence of Culture Studies have problematized modern Chinese literature in current academic discourse. Modern Chinese literature shares a strained yet potent relationship with politics. In the politically charged literary scene, deviance from the prescribed literary guidelines amounts to dissent. Personal style and imaginative perception, the pursuit of the literary art for its own sake, were deemed unessential in the production of fine literature in twentieth century China. Gao Xingjian’s brand of individual aesthetics contravened the normative literary guidelines prescribed by the Chinese government and upheld the “voice of the individual”. The first ethnic Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000, his works challenged the dictums on one’s creativity and individuality imposed by the ruling ideology. The Cultural Revolution (1966-76) provides a stimulating background for his collection of short stories, Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather (2004). This paper attempts to trace the effects of the Cultural Revolution in his apparently apolitical work of fiction. 2017 artículo científico 2455-6580 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876865015 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7038 The Creative Launcher application/pdf Perception Publishing The Creative Launcher (India) Num.5 Vol.2
format Artículo científico
id redalyc_703876865015
institution Redalyc
language en
publishDate 2017
publisher Perception Publishing
spellingShingle Through the Gauze Curtain: Glimpses of Cultural Revolution in Gao Xingjian’s Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
Dr. Sruti Ramachandran
Lengua y Literatura
Politics
Chinese Culture
Chinese literature
Cultural Revolution
Through the Gauze Curtain: Glimpses of Cultural Revolution in Gao Xingjian’s Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather Dr. Sruti Ramachandran Lengua y Literatura Politics Chinese Culture Chinese literature Cultural Revolution Globalization and the emergence of Culture Studies have problematized modern Chinese literature in current academic discourse. Modern Chinese literature shares a strained yet potent relationship with politics. In the politically charged literary scene, deviance from the prescribed literary guidelines amounts to dissent. Personal style and imaginative perception, the pursuit of the literary art for its own sake, were deemed unessential in the production of fine literature in twentieth century China. Gao Xingjian’s brand of individual aesthetics contravened the normative literary guidelines prescribed by the Chinese government and upheld the “voice of the individual”. The first ethnic Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000, his works challenged the dictums on one’s creativity and individuality imposed by the ruling ideology. The Cultural Revolution (1966-76) provides a stimulating background for his collection of short stories, Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather (2004). This paper attempts to trace the effects of the Cultural Revolution in his apparently apolitical work of fiction. 2017 artículo científico 2455-6580 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876865015 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7038 The Creative Launcher application/pdf Perception Publishing The Creative Launcher (India) Num.5 Vol.2
title Through the Gauze Curtain: Glimpses of Cultural Revolution in Gao Xingjian’s Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
topic Lengua y Literatura
Politics
Chinese Culture
Chinese literature
Cultural Revolution
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876865015