"Only “History will decide” who has right on his side in this conflict; the “orthodox (
zhengtong) but not dogmatic Marxist” Fang or the stubborn playwright Lu Ye, who
refuses to deliver the required self-criticism. Ke Yunlu and his co-author leave ..."
"A multi-disciplinary exploration of China’s first great classical novel, Three Kingdoms, and its influence on Chinese culture.This is the first book-length treatment in English of Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi), often regarded as China’s first great classical novel. Set in the historical period of the disunion (220–280 AD), Three Kingdoms fuses history and popular tradition to create a sweeping epic of heroism and political ambition. The ..."
"KIRK A. DENTON The world of artistic creation during the first five years of the
Cultural Revolution was dominated imperiously by a single genre. The "
revolutionary model drama," as it was labeled relegated other genres, literary
and visual, to the depths of artistic oblivion. Those genres not jettisoned
completely, such as the short story, manifest narrative structures, methods of
characterization and patterns of symbolism which c ..."
"This is the first book ever published in the West on drama in the People's Republic of China. The plays, playwrights, theories, and performances range from the play that inflamed the Cultural Revolution to a post-Mao satiric drama that upset party leaders; from Jiang Qing's drama theory for her model plays to the discovery of Bertolt Brecht; from the problems and dilemmas that confront theater reform in the post-Mao era to the performan ..."