Identity In Asian Literature

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. Introduction 1. Associative and Dissociative: the 'Self' in Chinese Classical and Modem Literature 2. Confucius' Self-Identity and the Divine 3. Self-Identity and Allegory in the Fiction of Yu Hua 4. The Religious and Cultural Identity of Rabindranath Tagore 5. Ethnicity in Modem Indonesian Literature: the Novels of Abdul Moeis and Pramoedya Anata Toer 6. 'I Felt Like a Car Without a Driver': Achdiat K. Mihardja's Novel Atheis 7. From Huaqiao to Minzu: Constructing New Identities in Indonesia's Peranakan-Chinese Literature 8. Identity in Modem Japanese Literature. The Case of Natsume Soseki 9. Framed by Fiction: Malay Literary Characters in the Literatures of Europe and Asia 10. 'The Most Important Thing Is What Happens inside Us': Personal