Identity in Asian Literature (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, No 21)

First Published in 1995. This collection explores the formation of identity in Asian literature. The main themes are the creation of identity, its nature and the historical context of this process of formation. At the same time, the study also serves to introduce readers to the various streams of Asian literature and their related research traditions. Suitable for course use. Associative And Dissociative / Chen Maiping -- Confucius' Self-identity And The Divine / Pertti Nikkilä -- Self-identity And Allegory In The Fiction Of Yu Hua / Anne Wedell-wedellsborg -- The Religious And Cultural Identity Of Rabindranath Tagore / Sergei D. Serebriany -- Ethnicity In Modern Indonesian Literature / Mason C. Hoadley -- 'i Felt Like A Car Without A Driver' / Hendrik M.j. Maier -- From Huaqiao To Minzu / Thomas Rieger -- Identity In Modern Japanese Literature / Noriko Thunman -- Framed By Fiction : Malay Literary Characters In The Literatures Of Europe And Asia / Muhammad Haji Salleh. 'the Most Important Thing Is What Happens Inside Us' : Personal Identity In Palestinian Autobiography / Tetz Rooke. Edited By Lisbeth Littrup. Based On Papers Presented At A Workshop On Identity In Asian Literature, Which Took Place At The Nordic Institute Of Asian Studies (nias) In Copenhagen In March 1993--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 IDENTITY IN ASIAN LITERATURE 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 8 Introduction 10 1 Associative and Dissociative: The 'Self' in Classical and Modern Chinese Literature 23 2 Confucius' Self-Identity and the Divine 56 3 Self-Identity and Allegory in the Fiction of Yu Hua 81 4 The Religious and Cultural Identity of Rabindranath Tagore 101 5 Ethnicity in Modern Indonesian Literature: The Novels of Abdul Moeis and Pramoedya Ananta Toer 112 6 'I Felt like a Car without a Driver': Achdiat K. Mihardja's novel Atheis 138 7 From Huaqiao to Minzu: Constructing New Identities in Indonesia's Peranakan Chinese Literature 160 8 Identity in Modern Japanese Literature: The Case of Natsume Sōseki 182 9 Framed by Fiction: Malay Literary Characters in the Literatures of Europe, the United States and Asia 199 10 'The Most Important Thing Is What Happens inside Us': Personal Identity in Palestinian Autobiography 240 List of Contributors 264 Index 268 Associative and dissociative : the "self" in Chinese classical and modern literature / Chen Maiping Confucius' self-identity and the divine / Pertti nikkilä Self-identity and allegory in the fiction of Yu Hua / Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg The religious and cultural identity of Rabindranath Tagore / Sergei D. Serebriany Ethnicity in modern Indonesian literature : the novels of Abdul Moeis and Pramoedya Anata Toer / Mason C. Hoadley "I felt like a car without a driver" : Achdiat K. Mihardja's novel Atheis / Hendrik M.J. Maier From Huaqiao to Minzu : constructing new identies in Indonesia's Perankan-Chinese literature / Thomas Rieger Identity in modern Japanese literature : the case of Natsume Sōseki / Noriko Thunman Framed by fiction : Malay literary characters in literatures of Europe and Asia / Muhammad Haji Salleh "The most important thing is what happens inside us" : personal identity in Palestinian autobiography / Tetz Rooke. This work explores the formation of identity in literature from a variety of Asian countries: China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Palestine. The analysis applies new theoretical approaches to identity to indicate the transition from the traditional concept of literature to the modern one.