Staying alive : a contemporary rejuvenation of the Biji

Drayton, David

Staying alive : a contemporary rejuvenation of the Biji

Drayton, David

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dc.contributor.author	Drayton, David
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-30T00:24:12Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-30T00:24:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43429
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.	en_AU
dc.description.abstract	In 1998 John Minford and Tong Man attempted to transpose to contemporary English an excerpt from the Qing era biji Liao-chai chih-yi [Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio], by Pu Songling. In the wake of this attempt Douglas Coupland, Ouyang Yu, and Owen Kelly have all published contemporary English language biji. This thesis will analyse, and contextualise, the most recent development in this centuries-old form. Following analysis of the four contemporary biji above I will propose a selection of texts that could be included within this budding corpus. The creative component of this thesis, titled ‘Arrayed Miscellaneous Notes On Fear & Loneliness’, offers another potential example of contemporary English language biji. Reflecting the influence of the Paris-based writing group Oulipo on the methodology used during the theoretical research, ‘Arrayed Miscellaneous Notes On Fear & Loneliness’ explores the potential for the biji as a textual site conducive to constraint and experimentation.	en_AU
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en_AU
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/43429/2/02whole.pdf
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dc.subject	Qing era biji.	en
dc.subject	Contemporary English language biji.	en
dc.subject	'Arrayed Miscellaneous Notes On Fear & Loneliness'.	en
dc.title	Staying alive : a contemporary rejuvenation of the Biji	en_AU
dc.type	Thesis	en_AU
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Abstract:

In 1998 John Minford and Tong Man attempted to transpose to contemporary English an excerpt from the Qing era biji Liao-chai chih-yi [Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio], by Pu Songling. In the wake of this attempt Douglas Coupland, Ouyang Yu, and Owen Kelly have all published contemporary English language biji. This thesis will analyse, and contextualise, the most recent development in this centuries-old form. Following analysis of the four contemporary biji above I will propose a selection of texts that could be included within this budding corpus. The creative component of this thesis, titled ‘Arrayed Miscellaneous Notes On Fear & Loneliness’, offers another potential example of contemporary English language biji. Reflecting the influence of the Paris-based writing group Oulipo on the methodology used during the theoretical research, ‘Arrayed Miscellaneous Notes On Fear & Loneliness’ explores the potential for the biji as a textual site conducive to constraint and experimentation.

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