The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures: From Reflective Traditionalism to Neo-Traditionalism

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ISBN: 9780700712403 | 0700712402
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Copyright: 12/1/2000

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This book outlines the main properties of Asian literatures in the period of 'reflective traditionalism', when the creation of a vast body of aesthetically significant works was coupled with the emergence of literary self-awareness.

Preface

Introduction Method, Subject and Problems of the Study

(1)

Method of the study

(1)

Subject of the study

(5)

Stance of the researcher vis-a-vis the subject of historico-typological studies and the prospects they open

(4)

Central theme and material of the study

(2)

Interpretation of material: the `optics' of the study

(2)

Historico-typological studies in Russian comparative literature (the epoch of reflective traditionalism)

(9)

Principal methodological premises of the study

(8)

Culture

(1)

Culture of the reflective-tradionalist type

(1)

Literary canon

(1)

System of writings

(1)

Literary self-awareness

(1)

Literature

(1)

Literary aesthetics

(2)

Functions of literature

(1)

Problems of the study

(5)

LITERARY AGGREGATIONS

Literary Zones: Structure and Transformations

(28)

The emergence of literary aggregations: the transformation of zone-shaping literatures

(20)

From the pre-reflective traditionalist (ancient) to the reflectivetraditionalist (medieval) type

(3)

The religious Canon

(2)

The system of writings

(11)

Fine literature

(2)

Time of formation of literary zones

(1)

Incorporation of integrated literatures

(1)

The stage of the emergence of a written tradition in ethnic languages within integrated literatures

(4)

The stage of flourishing of integrated literatures

(1)

Literary ties

(3)

Illustration 1 Traditional South East Asia as a Literary Region and Literary `Asia in Miniature'

(165)

The oral `core' of the regional aggregation

(1)

The `attraction of India' and the emergence of the aggregation

(5)

Centrifugal and centripetal tendencies

(3)

Systems of writings and fine literature

(13)

SELF-AWARENESS OF ZONE-SHAPING LITERATURES

The Creative Process as an Ascent: Inspiration (Receptive Stage)

(43)

Literature and spiritual core of tradition

(12)

The Absolute - inspiration - the poet

102

(21)

The `energetics' of literature

123

(8)

The Creative Process as a Descent: Literary Work (Agentive Stage)

131

(43)

The universal in the system of literary expression

131

(24)

Intellectualised emotion

131

(5)

Genre structure

136

(12)

Linguistic style

148

(7)

The individual in the system of literary expression

155

(19)

The mental structure of a literary work

155

(16)

The verbal structure of a literary work

171

(3)

Belles-Lettres and the Reader: The Synthesis of Pragmatic and Aesthetic Effects

174

(32)

Effects of fine literature

174

(20)

Fine literature in the system of writings: several concluding observations

194

(12)

THE ANTHROPOMORPHISM OF LITERARY SYSTEMS

The Isomorphism of Macrocosm, Microcosm and Letters as a Prerequisite of Anthropomorphic Literary Systems

206

(24)

Types of the description of macro-/microcosmic parallelism

208

(6)

Macro- and the microcosm as two copies of the sacred text

214

(9)

The sacred text as the paradigm for fine literature in its macro- and microcosmic dimensions

223

(7)

Illustration 2 The System of Classical Malay Literature as an Example of Anthropomorphic Literary Systems

230

(36)

Macro-/microcosmic parallelism and the ideological context of classical Malay literature

231

(5)

Anthropomorphism of classical Malay literature

236

(6)

Genre structures and mechanisms of poetics in different spheres of the literary system

242

(14)

Genre structures

242

(2)

Genres in the sphere of beauty

244

(5)

Genres in the sphere of benefit

249

(4)

Genres in the sphere of spiritual perfection

253

(3)

Literary synthesis in classical Malay literature

256

(10)

Instead of a Conclusion

266

(31)

EPILOGUE: NEO-TRADITIONALISM

Neo-Traditionality and Neo-Traditionalism in Modern Asian Literatures

273

(24)

Neo-traditionality and neo-traditionalism vis-a-vis traditional and modern literature

275

(12)

Stages of neo-traditionality and neo-traditionalism

287

(6)

Some observations on neo-traditionalist poetics

293

(4)

Illustration 3 Neo-Traditionalism in Indonesian and Malaysian Literatures (Two Case-Studies)

297

(10)

Bibliography

307

(30)

Index

337

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The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures: From Reflective Traditionalism to Neo-Traditionalism

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