Routledge Companion to Jia Pingwa

Chen Xiaoming is Professor and the Dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, Beijing, China. He specializes in literary criticism of modern and contemporary Chinese literature and postmodern literary theory.Zhang Xiaoqin is Professor at Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China. Her research focuses on ideological trends in literature and the works of major writers in modern China.

• 1 A Short Biography of Jia Pingwa Yang TianhaoPART I: Overview of Research on Jia Pingwa2 Research on Jia Pingwa in China Li Yaxin3 The Study on the Spread and Influence of Jia Pingwa’s Works Outside of China Sun Li’ang4 Translation and Studies of Jia Pingwa’s Works in the English-Speaking World Jiang ZhiqinPART II: Research on Jia Pingwa 5 The Descriptive Art of Jia Pingwa’s Works Ding Fan6 Preface to Jia Pingwa’s Essay Moontrace Sun Li7 Shangzhou: Jia Pingwa’s World of Novel Li Zhensheng8 The Aestheticization of Life—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Personality and Temperament Fei Bingxun9 The Struggle of the Soul—An Analysis of Ruined City Lei Da10 An Informal Discussion on Ruined City Wang Furen11 An Analysis of Jia Pingwa Hu Heqing12 People and Culture: The Pursuit of “Countrymen”—A Comparative Research on Works of Shen Congwen and Jia Pingwa Zhao Xueyong13 Concern and Worry about Contemporary China—A Review of Jia Pingwa’s Novel, The Earthen Gate Meng Fanhua14 The Literary Significance of Jia Pingwa Li Xing15 An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Literary Creation Wang Zheng16 Concern of Survival—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Psychological Landscape and Personality Han Luhua17 Rereading Ruined City Zhang Xinying18 Honoring the Soul, Contemplating Life—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa, Qin Opera and Its Narrative Ethics Xie Youshun19 The Literary Prowess of Jia Pingwa Sun Yu20 An Analysis of Zhuang Zhidie Li Jingze21 The Narrative of Violence and Lyrical Style—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Old Kiln and Other Works David Der-wei Wang22 A Disciple of Nature—An Analysis of Jia Pingwa’s Literary Perspective Luan Meijian23 Jia Pingwa’s Affinity for Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting Cheng Guangwei24 Through My Eyes: Jia Pingwa Mo Yan25 He Writes “In Wolf Skin”—Looking at Jia Pingwa’s “Turn” from Cherish the Memory of the Wolf Chen Xiaoming26 Who Is Awake When Laosheng Dreams of Butterfly—Jia Pingwa’s Laosheng Zhang Xiaoqin27 Jia Pingwa and the Formation of Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Novels Zhu Shoutong28 Beyond or Behind the Blankness—Notes of Reading Jia Pingwa’s Blankness Zhang Qinghua29 Birth and Death of Countless “Thoughts”—An Analysis of Shanben Gao Yuanbao30 The Second Turning Point on Jia Pingwa’s Creative Road Shinichirou ShiozakiAppendix: Chronology of Jia Pingwa’s Creations (1973–2018) Kou YanrongAfterword Chen Xiaoming