Abstract
In recent decade, the research on overseas Chinese classics has become a new trend in the international sinology. There are profound internal and external reasons to this trend, and the formation of the trend is realized by newly-found materials which call for a new theoretical proposition and a new method of thinking. The "novelty" about the trend shows in the close-reading of new materials and the reflection of academic position of sinology, and these practices may be expected to initiate a new departure for the Chinese scholarship in the 21th century. In brief, the research paradigm will shift from "the Western dame" to "the Eastern daughter." This paper focuses on the relationship between the Chinese literature and East Asian civilizations, and proposes five areas of research which may benefit from overseas classical texts in Chinese language. It describes the potential space for exploration of the classical Chinese research and argues for the "necessary tension" between facts and theory.
First Page
86
Last Page
96
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Bowei. 2013. "A New Horizon of the Study of Classical Chinese Literature." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (4): pp.86-96. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss4/3
