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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_442
dc.contributor.author	Pesaro Nicoletta
dc.title	The Tradition of Telling and the Desire of Showing in Ge Fei’s ‘Fictional Minds’
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This paper aims at conducting a preliminary analysis of some results derived from Ge Fei’s narrative research, through a close-reading of some narrative patterns in his recent trilogy, Renmian taohua (Peach Blossom-beauty, 2004), Shanhe ru meng (Mountains and Rivers Fall Asleep, 2007) and Chunjin jiangnan (End of Spring in Jiangnan, 2011). On the one hand Ge Fei tends to assimilate and re-invent the traditional patterns of Chinese novel, however, on the other hand, he doesn’t ignore, and, on the contrary, tries to adopt also some narrative devices from Western fiction theory and practice. The aim of this research is to detect the evolution of his technique in defining the main characters of the three novels as full-rounded ‘fictional minds’, and to explore Ge Fe’s strategy to link Chinese traditional fictionality with his analysis of the modern Chinese individual consciousness.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sinica venetiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-09-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-07-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-098-3/the-tradition-of-telling-and-the-desire-of-showing/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-10
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-098-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-095-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Chunjin jiangnan
dc.subject	Chunjin jiangnan
dc.subject	End of Spring in Jiangnan
dc.subject	End of Spring in Jiangnan
dc.subject	Mountains and Rivers Fall Asleep
dc.subject	Mountains and Rivers Fall Asleep
dc.subject	Peach Blossom-beauty
dc.subject	Peach Blossom-beauty
dc.subject	Renmian taohua
dc.subject	Renmian taohua
dc.subject	Shanhe ru meng
dc.subject	Shanhe ru meng

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The Tradition of Telling and the Desire of Showing in Ge Fei’s ‘Fictional Minds’

Nicoletta Pesaro Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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This paper aims at conducting a preliminary analysis of some results derived from Ge Fei’s narrative research, through a close-reading of some narrative patterns in his recent trilogy, Renmian taohua (Peach Blossom-beauty, 2004), Shanhe ru meng (Mountains and Rivers Fall Asleep, 2007) and Chunjin jiangnan (End of Spring in Jiangnan, 2011). On the one hand Ge Fei tends to assimilate and re-invent the traditional patterns of Chinese novel, however, on the other hand, he doesn’t ignore, and, on the contrary, tries to adopt also some narrative devices from Western fiction theory and practice. The aim of this research is to detect the evolution of his technique in defining the main characters of the three novels as full-rounded ‘fictional minds’, and to explore Ge Fe’s strategy to link Chinese traditional fictionality with his analysis of the modern Chinese individual consciousness.

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978-88-6969-098-3

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Keywords: Peach Blossom-beauty • Chunjin jiangnan • Mountains and Rivers Fall Asleep • Shanhe ru meng • Renmian taohua • End of Spring in Jiangnan

permalink: http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-10

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