{"product_id":"ideology-and-form-in-yan-liankeas-fiction-9781032391755","title":"Ideology and Form in Yan Liankeâs Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eXie analyzes three novels by the international award-winning Chinese writer Yan Lianke and investigates how his signature âœmythorealistâ form produces textual meanings that subvert the totalizing reality prescribed by literary realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term mythorealism, which Yan coined to describe his own writing style, refers to a set of literary devices that incorporate both Chinese and Western literary elements while remaining primarily grounded in Chinese folk culture and literary tradition. In his use of mythorealism, carrying a burden of social critique that cannot allow itself to become âœpolitical,â Yan transcends the temporality and provinciality of immediate social events and transforms his potential socio-political commentaries into more diversified concerns for humanity, existential issues, and spiritual crisis. Xie identifies three modes of mythorealist narrative exemplified in Yanâs three novels: the \u003ci\u003eminjian \u003c\/i\u003e(folk) mode in \u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village\u003c\/i\u003e, the allusive\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019025678679,"sku":"9781032391755","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032391755.jpg?v=1750779075","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ideology-and-form-in-yan-liankeas-fiction-9781032391755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}