Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for TeachingBarbara Stoler Miller This is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education. |
Contents
The Imaginative Universe of Indian Literature | 3 |
A Note on Modern Indian Literature | 15 |
The Imaginative Universe of Chinese Literature | 21 |
The Imaginative Universe of Japanese Literature | 37 |
A Note on Modern Japanese Literature | 51 |
II Indian Texts | 55 |
Classical Tamil Poetry and Tamil poetics | 66 |
Devotional Poetry of Medieval North India | 78 |
The Stories of Lu Xun | 309 |
Camel Xiangzi | 321 |
Contemporary Chinese Lettres | 330 |
Timeline of Significant Events in China 19111987 in Relation to Contemporary Chinese Lettres | 345 |
Story of the Western WingXixiang Ji Romance of the Western Chamber | 347 |
The Manyōshū and Kokinshū Collections | 363 |
Japanese | 376 |
The Poetry of Matsuo Basho | 378 |
Lyric Poetry in Urdu | 94 |
Urdu | 104 |
The Poems and Stories of Rabindranath Tagore William Radice | 109 |
The Mahabharata Including the Bhagavad Gita | 123 |
The Ramayana of Valmiki | 133 |
Fire on the Mountain and Games at Twilight | 149 |
RK Narayans The Financial Expert | 157 |
The Short Stories of Premchand | 167 |
Misnights Children | 178 |
The Passing of the Brahman Tradition | 189 |
Kalidasas Sakuntala and Sudrakas Little Clay Cart | 201 |
The Books of Songs | 211 |
The Poetry of Retreat | 222 |
A Return to Basics | 232 |
Chinese | 244 |
Chuang Tzu | 245 |
The Records of the Historian | 259 |
The Journey to the West | 272 |
Cao Xueqins HongloumengStory of the Stone or Drean of the Red Chamber | 285 |
Liu Es The Travels of Lao Can | 299 |
The Tale of Genji | 390 |
The Gossamer Years The Pillow Book and The Confessions of Lady Nijō | 404 |
An Account of my Hut | 420 |
Seven Japanese Tales | 428 |
Enchi Fumikos The Waiting Years and Masks | 439 |
The Woman in the Dunes | 457 |
Mishima Yukio The Allegorist | 470 |
Kawabata Yasunaris Snow Country | 481 |
Sosekis Kokoro | 493 |
Three Plays of the Noh Theater | 501 |
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki | 517 |
The Wisdom of the East | 526 |
Summaries of the Masterworks | 539 |
Historical Timelines | 553 |
Indian History | 555 |
Chinese History | 558 |
Japanese History | 561 |
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Contributors | 577 |
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