"Desire and Redemption: The Two Worlds in ""Jin Ping Mei"
Luo, Junjie
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Description
Title
"Desire and Redemption: The Two Worlds in ""Jin Ping Mei"
Author(s)
Luo, Junjie
Issue Date
2010
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Blake, Nancy
Rania Huntington
Department of Study
Comparative Literature
Discipline
Comparative Literature
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Literature, Asian
Language
eng
Abstract
"With the help of the literary theories of desire and of network, I argue that Jin Ping Mei represents desire as having a network structure. Almost no one depicted in this novel can escape from this network, and the network reproduces itself repeatedly. Using this literary model of a ""network of desires,"" I attempt to offer new perspectives of some of the topics that are frequently discussed in the Jin Ping Mei scholarship. These topics include the relationship between Ximen Qing and his women, the nature of the fates of individual characters, and the messages conveyed by the conclusion of Jin Ping Mei.."
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