From Ah Q to Lei Feng : Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China.
Larson, Wendy.
From Ah Q to Lei Feng : Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Freudian Obsessions -- 2. Psychology and Freudian Sexual Theory in Early 20th Century China -- 3. Revolutionary Discourse and the Spirit: From Ah Q to Lei Feng -- 4. The Spirit of the Countryside: Mang Ke's Wild Things and Wang Xiaobo's The Golden Years -- 5. Extracting the Revolutionary Spirit: Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun and Anchee Min's Red Azalea -- 6. The Workspace of a New Age Maoist:He Jianjun's The Postman -- Conclusion: History and Literary Aesthetics in the Study of Modern Chinese Culture -- Chinese and Japanese Character List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
From Ah Q to Lei Feng traces the contrasting models of the mind provided by Freud and revolutionary Chinese culture, investigates their clash over the 20th century, and shows how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each.
9780804769822
Chinese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Psychoanalysis and literature -- China.
Psychoanalysis and motion pictures -- China.
Literature and history -- China.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Literature and the revolution.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Motion pictures and the revolution.
Electronic books.
PL2303
895.1/09353
From Ah Q to Lei Feng : Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Freudian Obsessions -- 2. Psychology and Freudian Sexual Theory in Early 20th Century China -- 3. Revolutionary Discourse and the Spirit: From Ah Q to Lei Feng -- 4. The Spirit of the Countryside: Mang Ke's Wild Things and Wang Xiaobo's The Golden Years -- 5. Extracting the Revolutionary Spirit: Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun and Anchee Min's Red Azalea -- 6. The Workspace of a New Age Maoist:He Jianjun's The Postman -- Conclusion: History and Literary Aesthetics in the Study of Modern Chinese Culture -- Chinese and Japanese Character List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
From Ah Q to Lei Feng traces the contrasting models of the mind provided by Freud and revolutionary Chinese culture, investigates their clash over the 20th century, and shows how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each.
9780804769822
Chinese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Psychoanalysis and literature -- China.
Psychoanalysis and motion pictures -- China.
Literature and history -- China.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Literature and the revolution.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Motion pictures and the revolution.
Electronic books.
PL2303
895.1/09353