Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 186-194).

Although living with different social and cultural background, the two writers, Oe and Gao came to the same scheme; to re-write the history of their time and to reconstitute a projective identity by the myth-making in their novels. / My study aims to feature the concept of "archetype" or "archetypal structure", the basic cluster of myth in Oe and Gao's novels, in order to discern the final determination of the two writers in terms of their search on the expressive power of language and their strategy of their myth-making. By applying Frye's theory, I would like to explore the hidden ideological significance behind Oe and Gao's novels. / Oe Kenzaburo and Gao Xingjian are two significant Asian writers in contemporary literary world. Not only because of their achievement as Nobel Prize laureates, but also because of their commitment to the creation of "myth" in modem time, a "modem myth" which surpasses the limit of literature to become a cultural exertion, a story of resistance against the existing ideology within their specific social contexts. / The tendency of "return to myth" in the works of Oe and Gao made their novels, specifically The Silent Cry and Soul Mountain to become a meaning system by displacing the archetypal motifs in Japanese and Chinese ancient mythology to a modem situation. This refers the reader to a familiar analogy in order to guide the reader to accept and believe what the writers said is true. / Wan, Mu. / "Jan 2010." / Adviser: Leo Lee Ou-Fan. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 309-322). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Theatre, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135).

Dramaturge, metteur en scène, romancier, essayiste et peintre, Gao Xingjian, « artiste total », s’est affranchi dès 1983 des conventions théâtrales qui prévalaient en Chine. Il s’est imposé comme l’un des pionniers du théâtre et de la littérature d’avant-garde. Condamné pendant la campagne de répression « contre la pollution spirituelle », il a été interdit de publication. Exilé en France en 1987, il a dès lors créé des pièces en français, impliquant peu de personnages, entre farce et tragédie, exprimant souvent une vision de la vie désenchantée, dans un langage aléatoire mais équilibré, avec des décors minimalistes. Il excelle dans une forme de théâtre destiné uniquement à la représentation, où joue l’expérimentation scénique et corporelle. Notre thèse porte sur la forme et l’expérience de la représentation théâtrale, en examinant la façon dont Gao repousse les limites linguistiques ou visuelles pour parvenir à une conception dépouillée du drame. Procédant à l’analyse de ses dramaturgies, tout en nous appuyant sur ses écrits et ses peintures, nous verrons comment la représentation théâtrale s’agence entre visible et invisible, qui se situe au seuil de la conscience ou qui relève de l’esthétique — ceci, selon trois possibilités : le rapport acteur/spectateur, le texte lui-même, et la scène proprement dite. Tenant compte de l’épreuve existentielle de l’exil et du phénomène de bilinguisme perceptible dans l’écriture, nous traitons des idées de l’espace théâtral et de l’art dramatique, en suivant quatre orientations principales : la dramatisation, les modes de narration, la langue en tant que rupture dans le texte, et l’« incarnation » du personnage par l’acteur qui le joue. / Playwright, theater director, novelist, essayist and painter — the multi/inter-disciplinary artist, Gao Xingjian first defied the theatrical conventions dominating China for more than fifty years with his absurdist play Bus Stop in 1983. Since then, he has established himself as one of China’s pioneering avant-garde playwrights and writers. Persecuted during the “Oppose Spiritual Pollution” campaign, he was banned from publication. After moving to France in 1987, he began writing plays in French, his adopted language. Relying on few characters, they probe drama between farce and tragedy, expressing a frequently disenchanted vision of life in seemingly random, yet measured, language with minimal decor. Experimenting with the scenic and the corporal, Gao excels in an organic theatre created solely for performance. Using the form and experience of a performance, this thesis explores how Gao revisits linguistic and visual boundaries in an effort to define “drama.” Analyzing his plays, as well as his other writings and paintings, we identify in his work a theatrical performance — visible and invisible, liminal or aesthetical — via three possibilities: actor/spectator, text, and stage. Considering exile and bilingualism in literature, we examine notions of theatrical space and drama that emerge from this study in four main approaches: dramatization, modes of narration, language as rupture in text, and character “enfleshed” by its actor.

ix, 106 p. / This thesis focuses on the metafictional elements in selected works of the contemporary Chinese authors Gao Xingjian, Huang Jinshu, and Wang Xiaobo. I define metafiction as both a formal feature inherent in the text and the result of an approach towards that text. I argue that metafiction confronts us with the (postmodern) issues of 1) the ontological status of the text, 2) the figure of the author and reader, and 3) the (ambiguous) relationship between fiction and reality. Simultaneously, it accepts and celebrates this self-conscious and ambiguous character, encouraging readers to do the same. By combining elements from the indigenous literary tradition and international literary movements, contemporary Chinese metafiction is a valuable contribution to the study of metafiction. Ultimately, it shows what it means to write and read in a Chinese as well as in a global context. / Committee in charge: Prof. Alison Groppe, Chairperson; Prof. Maram Epstein, Member; Prof. Xiaoquan Raphael Zhang, Member

Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gao Xingjian is well known especially as an author of drama and novels Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible. This thesis examines his early novellas and short stories that were created at the end of the 70s and in the 80s. An analysis of meaning contruction is focused primarily on motifs and narrative techniques. It explores the process of his literary creation in context of official ideological requirements on literature as well as in context of literature genres known as "scar literature", "literature of reflection" and "root seeking" literature. This thesis shows how Gao Xingjian is trying to create a unique and individual worldview of his characters.

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