Modern Tibetan Literature

Hartley, Lauran R. / Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia:
Modern Tibetan literature and social change / edited by Lauran R. Hartley and Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani ; foreword by Matthew T. Kapstein. - Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2008. - xxxviii, 382 S. : Ill.
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Beschreibung
Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change is the first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature, which has burgeoned only in the last thirty years. This comprehensive collection brings together fourteen pioneering scholars in the nascent field of Tibetan literary studies, including authors who are active in the Tibetan literary world itself. These scholars examine the literary output of Tibetan authors writing in Tibetan, Chinese, and English, both in Tibet and in the Tibetan diaspora.
   The contributors explore the circumstances that led to the development of modern Tibetan literature, its continuities and breaks with classical Tibetan literary forms, and the ways that writers use forms such as magical realism, satire, and humor to negotiate literary freedom within the People’s Republic of China. They provide crucial information about Tibetan writers’ lives in China and abroad, the social and political contexts in which they write, and the literary merits of their oeuvre. Along with deep social, cultural, and political analysis, this wealth of information clarifies the complex circumstances that Tibetan writers face in the PRC and the diaspora. The contributors consider not only poetry, short stories, and novels but also other forms of cultural production—such as literary magazines, films, and Web sites—that provide a public forum in the Tibetan areas of the PRC, where censorship and restrictions on public gatherings remain the norm. Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change includes a previously unavailable list of modern Tibetan works translated into Western languages and a comprehensive English-language index of names, subjects, and terms. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Matthew T. Kapstein: Foreword. vii
Lauran R. Hartley and Patricia Schiaffini: Introduction. xiii
PART 1: ENGAGING TRADITIONS
1. Lauran R. Hartley: Heterodox Views and New Orthodox Poems: Tibetan Writers in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century. 3
2. Yangdon Dhondup: Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese. 32
3. Tsering Shakya: The Development of Modern Tibetan Literature in the People's Republic of China: The 1980s. 61
4. Nancy G. Lin: Dondrup Gyel and the Remaking of the Tibetan Ramayana. 86
5. Pema Bhum: "Heartbeat of a New Generation: A Discussion of the New Poetry" . 112
6. Pema Bhum: "Heartbeat of a New Generation: Revisited. 135
7. Francoise Robin: Oracles and Demons in Tibetan Literature Today: Representations of Religion in Tibetan-Medium Fiction. 148
PART 2: NEGOTIATING MODERNITIES
8. Lara Maconi: One Nation, Two Discourses: Tibetan New-Era Literature and the Language Debate. 173
9. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani: The 'Condor' Flies Over Tibet: Tashi Dawa and the Significance of Tibetan Magical Realism. 202
10. Howard Y. F. Choy: In Quest(ion) of an "I": Identity and Idiocy in Alai's Red Poppies. 225
11. Riika J. Virtanen: Development and Urban Space in Contemporary Tibetan Literature. 236
12. Sangye Gyatso (Gangzhün): Modern Tibetan Literature and the Rise of Writer Coteries. 263
13. Hortsang Jigme: Tibetan Literature in the Diaspora. 263
14. Steven J. Venturino: Placing Tibetan Fiction in a World of Literary Studies: Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes. 301
Appendix 1: Glossary of Tibetan Spellings. 327
Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms. 338
Appendix 3: Contemporary Tibetan Literary Works in Translation. 340
Bibliography. 345
About the Contributors. 369
Index. 373

Herausgeber
LAURAN R. HARTLEY is Tibetan Studies Librarian at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University. The translator of Six Stars with a Crooked Neck: Tibetan Memoirs of the Cultural Revolution, Hartley has a doctorate in Tibetan studies.
PATRICIA SCHIAFFINI-VEDANI is part-time Assistant Professor of Chinese at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She is President and Founder of the Tibetan Arts and Literature Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Tibetan publishing initiatives. Schiaffini-Vedani has a doctorate in Chinese language and literature, specializing in Sinophone Tibetan literature. Faculty profile.

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Schlagwörter: Tibetisch; Tibet; Literaturgeschichte