LEADER 03096cam a2200385 i 4500001 99130444040806421 005 20240725052840.0 008 231011t20242024nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 1438497202 020 9781438497204 035 (OCoLC)on1402163560 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dMNN |dWCM |dMNN |dOCLCA 043 a-cc--- 050 4 DS741.3.S683 |bY344 2024 100 1 Yang, Lei |c(Assistant professor of Chinese studies), |d1985- |eauthor. 245 10 Narrative devices in the Shiji : |bretelling the past / |cLei Yang. 264 1 Albany, N.Y. : |bState University of New York Press, |c[2024]. 264 4 |c©2024 300 x, 189 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture 505 0 The turn to textual unity -- Temporal order: weaving a synthesized causality -- Narrative speed: elaborating stairs ascending to power -- Multiple points of view: illuminating desires and dynamics. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "Narrative Devices in the Shiji: Retelling the Past offers the first systematic analysis of narratives in early Chinese historical writings from 400 BCE to 100 CE, with a focus on the Shiji (Records of the Historian), a vast collection of historical accounts completed by Sima Qian (145-86 BCE). For centuries, the dominant approach to the Shiji has been to infer Sima's intentions from his biographical experiences and subsequently project them back into the text. This has caused the import of the work to be overshadowed by Sima's tragedy of castration, and has minimized the question of how narrative as a form affects the text's interpretation. Lei Yang fills the gap by exploring how Sima manipulated the Shiji's narrative structure to represent the past. Drawing on Gérard Genette's narratological theories, the book examines how sequences of events build causality, what is slowed down and sped up to manage information control, and how the text provides multiple perspectives on the same events. Redefining the Shiji's place as a turning point in Chinese textual history, Narrative Devices in the Shiji sheds light on the evolution of early Chinese historiography. As an interdisciplinary dialogue between Chinese texts and the Western theories, it opens the Shiji to new interpretations and provides a novel framework for Chinese historical writings."--Back cover. 600 10 Sima, Qian, |dapproximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 B.C. |tShi ji. 651 0 China |xHistory |yTo 221 B.C. |xHistoriography. 651 0 China |xHistory |yQin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. |xHistoriography. 651 0 China |xHistory |yHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. |xHistoriography. 830 0 SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture 910 |cC0710mon |d3110-07 |gYBP |h51482 914 (OCoLC)on1402163560 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1402163560 980 20518360 |f51482 |i99.00 |j81.18 |n40032266423 982 |cf |q32101119557344