Chinese Writers on Writing
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As the United States and China move toward an expansion of political and economic relations, interest in China and its culture has never been greater. Chinese Writers on Writing makes a contribution in illuminating this corner of the globe through the works of some of its finest writers. With more than half the works appearing in English for the first time, Chinese Writers on Writing features authors such as Mo Yan, whose book Red Sorghum was made into an award-winning movie by the same name; Lu Xun, known as the Chinese George Orwell; and Gao Xingjian, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature. Edited by award-winning poet Arthur Sze, this is the first collection that brings together material by writers reflecting on their work, their processes, and the challenges of writing under China’s political system. This is the fifth volume in the highly acclaimed Writer’s World Series.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xxiiiExcerpt from "Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature" Hu Shi 2"Dreams and Poetry" 4Preface to Call to Arms Lu Xun 6Chapter I from "The True Story of Ah" 11"Literature and Life" Mao Dun 17*"Form in Poetry" Wen Yiduo 25"Dead Water" 33Excerpt from "Literature and Revolution" Liang Shiqiu 35"Dai Wangshu's Poetic Theory" Dai Wangshu 39Excerpts from "My Own Compositions" Zhou Zuoren 42*"How I Wrote My Short Stories" Lao She 46"We Need the Zawen Essay" Ding Ling 55Excerpts from "Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" Mao Zedong 59"Writing of One's Own" Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing) 63"Six Tenets" Ji Xian 73*Excerpts from Preface to A Historical Record of Carved Critters Bian Zhilin 75Excerpts from Preface to Selected Poems Ai Qing 84*"Innovation and Continuity in Poetry" Lo Fu (Luo Fu) 87Excerpt from Preface to Dream or the Dawn and Other Shang Qin 95"The Lock Electric" 96Excerpts from "A Conversation with Shang in" 96*"Further Reflections on the Headwaters of Taiwanese Poetry" Yang Mu 99*"The Song of Bishop Wort" 103Excerpts from "Life Is Changing: Even in Hilly Shangzhou" Jia Pingwa 106Excerpt from "Protest of a Woman Author against Reckless Accusations" Li Aug 111*"The Art of Fiction" Gao Xingjian 118Chapter 72 from Soul Mountain 134*"Drifting" Bei Dao 139Excerpts from Blue House 142Excerpts from Midnight's Gate 143"Poetry Lessons" Gu Cheng 147"Misty Poetry: An Interview" 149Excerpts from "A Brief Self-Introduction" 153*"Black Night Consciousness" Zhai Yongming 158"The chrysanthemum lantern is floating over me" 161*"Musings on Poetry" Zhou Zan 165*"A Female Voice from the Past" Zhang Er 170Excerpt from "Hsia Yü: Interview by Steve Bradbury" Hsia Yü(Xia Yu) 177Excerpt from Pink Noise 180*Excerpt from "The Poet I Most Love-Hölderlin" Haizi 183*Excerpt from "Toward a Writerly Poetry" Zang Di 186*"A Charm About Things" 189Excerpts from "The Brown Notebook" Yu Jian 192Excerpts from "They Tattoo Their Bodies for the World" 193"Thanks for That" Yan Li 198*"Why I Write" Wang Anyi 200"A Particular Sort of Story" Can Xue 206*"Goatskin Raft-In Lieu of Preface" Xi Xi 211*Excerpt from "All Is Creative Writing-News, Fiction, News Fiction" Zhang Dachun 215*Excerpt from "Autobiography" Yu Hua 219Excerpt from "Author's Postscript" 220"My American Books" Mo Yan 223"Six Lives in Search of a Character" 228"Writing in Two Tongues" Wang Ping 232*"Traveling Between Languages" Chen Li 238*"Confronting the Multiple Deaths of the Chinese Language" Leung Ping-kwan (Liang Bingjun) 252"Chinese as a Language in a Neighborhood" Xi Chuan 261"Island (#2)" Yang Lian 277*"The Poetics of Space, and More" 278Translators 289Writers/Works Index 297
