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Bridge (Qiao) by Fei Ming: An Analysis of Modern Chinese Lyrical Prose
Táborský, Matyáš ; Andrš, Dušan (advisor) ; Lomová, Olga (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the book Bridge 桥 (Qiao) written by Feng Wenbing 冯文炳 under a pseudonym Fei Ming 废名. This lyrical prose is important from two points of view. Firstly, it may be seen as a reflection of an alternative response to the process of modernization in China. Secondly, considering when the book was written, it surely must be considered as a very innovative and experimental artistic creation. It is influenced by the Chinese literary tradition as well as by the Western. It contains many language registers and is hard to understand. Because of these reasons, this thesis shall be based on methods used in literary theory, nevertheless since this is a philological thesis, the result shall be formed in the light of the author's life and the state of society in the time of creation of the novel. This analysis shall use factual examples to demonstrate the uniqueness of Bridge and also shall describe how the circumstances of that time influenced the content and the form of the novel. Especially during the time of modernization the literature is in China seen as something which has magical effect on society, therefore this thesis also tries to formulate the message sent by Fei Ming. Although Bridge got recognition by many intellectuals of that time, there is still only a small number of...
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