scholarly journals Contemporary Danmei Fiction and Its Similitudes with Classical and Yanqing Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Aiqing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Niche Market ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Feminine Ideals ◽  
Chinese Masculinity

Danmei, aka Boys Love, is a salient transgressive genre of Chinese Internet literature. Since entering China’s niche market in 1990s, the danmei subculture, predominantly in the form of original fictional creation, has established an enormous fanbase and demonstrated significance via thought-provoking works and social functions. Nonetheless, the danmei genre is not an innovation in the digital age, in that its bipartite dichotomy between seme ‘top’ and uke ‘bottom’ roles bears similarities to the dyad in caizi-jiaren ‘scholar-beauty’ anecdotes featuring masculine and feminine ideals in literary representations of heterosexual love and courtship, which can be attested in the 17th century and earlier extant accounts. Furthermore, the feminisation of danmei characters is analogous to an androgynous ideal in late-imperial narratives concerning heterosexual relationships during late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the depiction of semes being masculine while ukes being feminine is consistent with the orthodox, indigenous Chinese masculinity which is comprised of wen ‘cultural attainment’ epitomising feminine traits and wu ‘martial valour’ epitomising masculine traits. In terms of modern literature, danmei is parallel to the (online) genre yanqing ‘romance’ that is frequently characterised by ‘Mary Sue’ and cliché-ridden narration. 

scholarly journals Zentrifugen des Wissens – Zur Enzyklopädik des Barockromans

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas B. Kilcher
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Early Modern Literature ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Centrifugal Dispersion

AbstractEarly modern literature has high epistemological claims. In particular, the novel as the most innovative genre of the 16th and 17th centuries was expected to negotiate and transmit knowledge about the world in an extensive way. This epistemological optimism must be understood against the background of contemporary encyclopaedic models, which offered new possibilities of reaching out for universal and total knowledge. Two variants of encyclopaedic writing are most efficient for the novel: the logic of Lullism and the miscellaneous knowledge production of Polyhistorism. Both techniques were used in baroque novels of the 17th century: Polyhistorism produced a centrifugal dispersion of knowledge throughout the texts, whereas Lullism aimed at recollecting and ordering it. This interplay is evidently present in Daniel Casper von Lohenstein’s highly digressive 3,000 page novel „Arminius“ (1689/90), with its paratextual framework of prefaces, annotations, and indices. Moreover, the reception of „Arminius“ in 18th and 19th centuries is pertinent for the subsequent critique of encyclopaedic knowledge.

scholarly journals Indonesian Shophouse Design Development based on the Establishment of Community and Social Aspect

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Nathalia Yunita Sugiharto
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Needs Satisfaction

The existence of shophouse in Indonesia has been started in the 17th century at the Colonial Era brought by Chinese traders.Shophouse is considered as a solution of the increasing density of population in Indonesia and land limitation. Shophouse typology adapt along with time and its surroundings. Along with its development, nowadays shophouse’s design had its own problem. Basically shophouse is supposed to accomodate two functions which is residential and stores but its residential function become less dominant than its commercial function. One of the causes is the shophouse design can’t meet the resident’s social needs satisfaction. Method that used in this research is comparative by comparing shophouse design in Colonial era with shophouse design that commonly found in Indonesia. Based on the study, it showed that the shophouse design in Colonial era was able to accommodate social functions among the inhabitants while the shophouse design that is commonly found in Indonesia focused in terms of economy (how quickly sold) and ignore the residential needs in their design. The study is expected to provide benefits in shophouse design in future and can contribute the knowledge in the realm of architecture.

scholarly journals Tower of Myriad Mirrors: The first BL ‘quick transmigration’ novel?

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Aiqing Wang
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
The West ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Late Ming ◽  
Journey To The West

Journey to the West is adulated as one of the Four Great Classical Novels in China, which has inspired a veritable cornucopia of sequels and adaptations. Tower of Myriad Mirrors (aka A Supplement to Journey to the West) composed during late Ming (1368-1644) is one of the three most illustrious sequels in pre-modern literature, in that it is characterised by vivid imagination and creativity, Buddhist ethos and philosophical thoughts, as well as biting satire on political reversals and societal predicaments in the 17th century. More significantly, Tower of Myriad Mirrors manifests psychological insights and features enigmatic dreams, which might have inspired a subgenre dubbed as ‘Quick Transmigration’ in China’s online literature. To be more specific, Tower of Myriad Mirrors is parallel to web-based BL (Boys Love) fiction under the category of Quick Transmigration, in terms of their analogous settings, storylines and characters. In this sense, Tower of Myriad Mirrors can be regarded as a prototypical BL novel concerning ‘quick transmigration’.

scholarly journals Edges of Diplomacy: Literary Representations of the (Honorary) Consul and the Public-Private Divide in Diplomatic Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles Scott-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Vienna Convention ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Hybrid Space ◽  
Diplomatic Immunity ◽  
Official Status ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThis article investigates the relevance of consular positions, and particularly the honorary consul, through their representations in modern literature and the arts. Although the honorary consul’s official status is codified in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, this document clearly identifies the limits to diplomatic immunity for this position, such that the honorary consul occupies a hybrid space on the boundary between the public and the private. This hybridity opens up the possibility for ambiguity in terms of conflicts of interest and divided loyalties. Acknowledging this hybridity requires re-examining the position of honorary consul beyond formal descriptions in mainstream diplomatic studies which are often evasive on the position’s actual status. In contrast, their representation in modern literature and the arts offers a more candid insight into the ontology and practice of consuls and consular work. As a result, the article makes the claim that the honorary consul illustrates that the public/private divide in contemporary diplomacy is less stable than is generally presented, and that the rise of private entities as diplomatic actors is therefore more a question of intensity than the emergence of something entirely new.

On Butterflies: Stories and Fables for Children from the 17th Century to the Present Day

Diogenes ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Jean Perrot
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
General Study ◽  
Children's Culture

In this article, a chapter from a more general study, the butterfly is considered as an arresting `index', highlighting the evolution of children's culture and the relationships between science and literature. Comparing Furetière's knowledge of this insect, as set out in his Dictionnaire universel (1690), to its literary representations in Charles Perrault's or Fénelon's tales, helps to assess the context in which children's literature came to be written within the higher circles of the Versailles Court society. It also explains some aspects of the `Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes'. Flying the flag for modernism, the butterfly stands in rhetorical opposition to the industrious bee or `zephyr' of the pastoral and idyll, as a sign of liberated childhood. An epilogue shows that butterflies in contemporary writings for children offer a postmodern illustration of the baroque trend that was initiated in children's literature at the end of the 17th century, and impart a special flavour to some of the most popular tales and picture-books.

scholarly journals Obraz stáří v moralitách raného novověku

2017 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 439-447
Author(s):  
Jana Kolářová
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Old People ◽  
Modern Period

The representation of age in the moralising books of early modern periodThe study focuses on some literary representations of old age and old people in selected works of the early modern period. Those are moralising books written in the years before the Battle of White Mountain published at the turn of the 17th century, namely Třinácte tabulí věku lidského The Thirteen Images of Human Life, 1601 by Bartoloměj Paprocký from Hloholy, Věk člověka The Age of Human, 1604 by Tobiáš Mouřenín from Litomyšl, Theatrum Mundi Minoris 1605 by Nathanael Vodňanský from Uračov, and Kniha o starosti aneb věku sešlém a šedivém The Book of Misery or the Wretched and Dull Age, 1610 by Havel Žalanský Phaetön.Obraz starości w moralitetach okresu wczesnonowożytnegoArtykuł koncentruje się na niektórych literackich aspektach tematu związanego ze starością i starymi ludźmi w wybranych utworach wczesnego okresu nowożytnego. Chodzi o moralizatorskie spisy zokresu przedbiałogórskiego wydane na przełomie XVI i XVII wieku, mianowicie o Třinácte tabulí věku lidského 1601 Bartosza Paprockiego, Věk člověka 1604 Tobiasza Mouřenína z Litomyśla, Theatrum mundi minoris 1605 Nathanaela Vodňanskiego zUračova i Knihu o starosti aneb věku sešlém a šedivém 1610 Havla Žalanskiego Phaëtona.

UNTAMED HEARTS: EROS AND SUICIDE IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINESE FICTION

NAN Nü ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Zamperini
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Patriarchal System ◽  
Vernacular Fiction ◽  
Chinese Fiction ◽  
The Face

AbstractIn Chinese fiction there are heroines who use suicide as a vehicle to convey to eternity the strength of their passions, from love to hatred, from jealousy to thirst for revenge. The present paper is an exploration of late imperial literary representations which depict women's suicide as an act of passion and self-reassertion: this act, rather than being constructed as defeat in the face of adversities, a response to abuse suffered, or as a last resort to preserve chastity, is presented as a path of independence that shows these female characters not as virtuous martyrs or victims of an unjust patriarchal system, but as passionate agents of free will. These sources challenge the assumption that women's suicide in Ming and Qing fictional sources is primarily related to chastity. In this sense, they are useful in furthering understanding of the complex ways in which legal and moral mandates around the issue of women's suicide could be resisted, absorbed, and ignored in late imperial vernacular fiction.

scholarly journals Journal title abbreviations should be eliminated in the digital age

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander L Bond ◽  
Jessica R Green
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Journal Title ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Group Mentality

Journal title abbreviations in articles’ lists of citations are troublesome for authors, editors, librarians, and researchers. While the origin of these abbreviations in the mid-17th century, and their propagation to modern times was likely the result of a desire to save space in articles, or as shorthand, we argue that in the digital age, such practices should be changed. We show that a journal’s choice to abbreviate journal titles in its literature cited section is purely arbitrary, and that the costs of abbreviating outweigh the benefits. Scientific journals in particular are prone to abbreviate journal titles, and this could hamper interdisciplinary research by creating an “in-group” mentality, however small.

scholarly journals Minorías prósperas en la economía corsaria literaria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gordon
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Lope De Vega ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
North African ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Spanish Golden Age ◽  
Autobiographical Accounts ◽  
Anti Jewish

Spanish literature written by captives or about captivity in North Africa distinguished itself from the majority of Spanish Golden Age works because of its positive portrayal of Jews. Not only were these literary representations benevolent, but they were also quite realistic. Like many of their historical counterparts, the literary Jews Brahín (Los cautivos de Argel) and David (Guzmán el Bravo) practiced their religion clandestinely in Spain before moving to the Maghreb, where they enjoyed greater freedoms and privileges, including the ability to legally own Christian slaves. Multiple 17th-century autobiographical accounts from Spanish captives in Algiers and Tunis can serve as historical templates to corroborate the precarious, yet simultaneously prosperous, situation of those two literary Jews. Finally, the similarities found in historical sources and these two North African works challenges the notion of Lope de Vega being unequivocally anti-Jewish.

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