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Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature

- Tales and Commentary
Engelsk Hardback

Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature

- Tales and Commentary
Engelsk Hardback
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In literatures worldwide, animal fables have been analyzed for their revealingly anthropomorphic views, but until now little attention has been given to the animal tales of China. The complex, competitive relationship between rodents (vilified as thieves of grain) and the felines with whom they are perennially at war is explored in this presentation of Chinese tales about cats and mice. Master translator Wilt Idema situates them in an overview of animal tales in world literature, in the Chinese literary tradition as a whole, and within Chinese imaginative depictions of animals.

The tales demonstrate the animals’ symbolism and their unusually prominent—and verbal—role in the stories. These readings depict cats and mice in conflict, in marital bonds, and in litigation—most centrally in a legal case of a mouse against a cat in the underworld court of King Yama. Many of the stories adopt the perspective of the mice as animals merely trying to survive, while also recognizing that cats are natural hunters.

This entertaining volume will appeal to readers interested in Chinese literature and society, comparative literature, and posthumanist consideration of human-animal relations.

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In literatures worldwide, animal fables have been analyzed for their revealingly anthropomorphic views, but until now little attention has been given to the animal tales of China. The complex, competitive relationship between rodents (vilified as thieves of grain) and the felines with whom they are perennially at war is explored in this presentation of Chinese tales about cats and mice. Master translator Wilt Idema situates them in an overview of animal tales in world literature, in the Chinese literary tradition as a whole, and within Chinese imaginative depictions of animals.

The tales demonstrate the animals’ symbolism and their unusually prominent—and verbal—role in the stories. These readings depict cats and mice in conflict, in marital bonds, and in litigation—most centrally in a legal case of a mouse against a cat in the underworld court of King Yama. Many of the stories adopt the perspective of the mice as animals merely trying to survive, while also recognizing that cats are natural hunters.

This entertaining volume will appeal to readers interested in Chinese literature and society, comparative literature, and posthumanist consideration of human-animal relations.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780295744858
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0295744855
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 18 mar 2019
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 18 mar 2019
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Kategori China

ISBN-13 9780295744858

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 272

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 18 mar 2019

Oplagsdato 18 mar 2019

Forlag University of Washington Press