Etude sur l'entremêlement des concepts d'histoire et de fiction dans la littérature historique et fantastique en Chine

• Main Author: Pelletier, Valérie
• Other Authors: Button, Peter (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: fr
• Published: McGill University 2003
• Subjects: Legends > China > History and criticism.; Legends > Europe > History and criticism.; Supernatural in literature > History and criticism.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79969

The fantastic stands as an important part of Chinese culture. It is in fact through its literature that it has been made possible for us to enjoy this heritage. With the study of fantastic tales and anomaly accounts, this thesis tackles the problem of rationalism in relation with supernatural. It attempts to understand the mechanisms of the intermingling of the concepts of fiction and history, through the comparison of Chinese historical and fictional texts, as well as parallels between China and Europe. It will also deal with the concepts of nature, in both the perspectives of China and Europe, and the Enlightenment.