How Long to Read Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction

How Long Does it Take to Read Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction by Haiyan Xie

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Xie analyzes three novels by the international award-winning Chinese writer Yan Lianke and investigates how his signature “mythorealist” form produces textual meanings that subvert the totalizing reality prescribed by literary realism. The 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 “political,” 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 Yan’s three novels: the minjian (folk) mode in Dream of Ding Village, the allusive mode in Ballad, Hymn, Ode, and the enigmatic mode in The Four Books. By positioning itself against an ambiguous articulation of social determinants of historical events that would perhaps be more straightforward in a purely realist text, each mode of mythorealism moves its narrative from the overt politicality of the subject matter to the existential riddle of negotiating an alternative reality. A groundbreaking study of one of contemporary China’s most important authors that will be of great value to scholars and students of Chinese literature.

How long is Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction?

Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction by Haiyan Xie is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction aloud.

What Reading Level is Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction?

Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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