Beschreibung:
This book is a collection of lectures on literature given in top universities in China by BI Feiyu, one of the country's best known writers. From the perspective of a novelist, the author revisits and interprets classic works by eleven renowned writers, aiming to illuminate what constitutes a classic.
1. Gazing at an Unbroken Range of Mountains, Listening to the Surging Waves: Reading Pu Songling's The Fighting Cricket 2. Different Ways of Walking: Logic and Counter-logic in the Novel 3. Two Necklaces: Checks and Balances within the Novel 4. Ice and Fire: Reading VS Naipaul's B. Wordsworth 5. What Does Home Mean: Reading Lu Xun's Hometown 6. Following the Inner Edge of the Circle, From Victory to Victory: Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah Q 7. A Deadly Atmosphere: Reading Hemingway's Short Story, The Killers 8. Temple Love: On Reading Wang Zengqi's Taking Buddhist Orders 9. Li Shangyin's Sun, Li Shangyin's Rain: The Characters ¿ in a Poem