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Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics EDITED BY Mabel Lee and Liu Jianmei Cambria Sinophone World Series General Editor: Victor H. Mair Copyright 2018 Cambria Press All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to [email protected], or mailed to: Cambria Press 100 Corporate Parkway, Suite 128 Amherst, New York 14226, USA. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lee, Mabel editor. | Liu, Jianmei, editor. Title: Gao Xingjian and transmedia aesthetics / edited by Mabel Lee and Liu Jianmei. Description: Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, 2018. | Series: Cambria Sinophone world series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018003597 | ISBN 9781604979466 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Gao, Xingjian--Aesthetics. | Aesthetics in literature. Classification: LCC PL2869.O128 Z734 2018 | DDC 895.12/52--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003597 Table of Contents List of Figures................................................................ ix Chapter 1: Introduction Mabel Lee and Liu Jianmei..................................... 1 Part I: Philosophical Inquiry........................................... 21 Chapter 2: Gao Xingjian and Philosophy Jean-Pierre Zarader............................................. 23 Chapter 3: Gao Xingjian: Exemplifying a Renaissance in Today’s World Liu Zaifu........................................................ 43 Chapter 4: An Insignificant Individual’s Defiance Ming Jian........................................................ 55 Chapter 5: The Art of Gao Xingjian Stephen Conlon................................................. 69 Chapter 6: Women and the Dao in Gao Xingjian’s Works Liu Jianmei...................................................... 81 Part II: Trans-Discipline, Trans-Genre, Trans-Media and Trans-Culture.............................................................. 97 Chapter 7: Nonattachment and Gao Xingjian’s Neutral Actor Gilbert Fong and Shelby Chan................................ 99 Chapter 8: Gao Xingjian’s Search for a Scenic Dramaturgy and Cinematic Language in Song of the Night Mary Mazzilli.................................................. 115 Chapter 9: Two Gao Xingjian Exhibitions Launched Simultaneously in Brussels during 2015 Liu Zaifu....................................................... 131 vi Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics Chapter 10: The Mind’s Eye Kwok-kan Tam............................................... 141 Chapter 11: Chan Buddhist Scenography and Gao Xingjian’s Opera Snow in August Jiang Hanyang............................................... 169 Part III: Cine-Poems with Paintings, Dance, and Music........................................................................ 179 Chapter 12: Floods and Forests Megan Evans................................................. 181 Chapter 13: Bodies and Paintings Fiona Sze-Lorrain............................................ 195 Chapter 14: From Theater to Cine-Poetry Wah Guan Lim.............................................. 201 Chapter 15: Inlaying Images and Seeing Poetry Yue Huanyu.................................................. 217 Part IV: Identifying and Defining the Self........................ 229 Chapter 16: Gao Xingjian: Autobiography, Auto-fiction, and Poetry Noël Dutrait.................................................. 231 Chapter 17: Working Through Trauma in Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible Janet Shum................................................... 245 Chapter 18: Identity and Creation Michael Berry................................................ 261 Chapter 19: The Authorial Self in Gide’s The Fruits of the Earth, Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet, and Gao Xingjian’s Soul Mountain Pan Shuyang................................................. 277 Epilogue: A Panoramic View of Gao Xingjian’s World Liu Zaifu........................................................... 289 Table of Contents vii Bibliography................................................................ 309 Index......................................................................... 323 About the Contributors................................................... 335 Praise for Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics.................... 343 Cambria Sinophone World Series....................................... 347
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