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Chen, Jia

(1907-1986) : Professor of English, Nanjing Univversität

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Index of Names : China / Literature : Occident : Great Britain

Chronology Entries (3)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1956 Chen, Jia. Shashibiya zai li shi yu ju zhong suo liu lu de zheng zhi jian jie [ID D23911].
Er schreibt : "Shakespeare obviously revealed his own political views in his history plays. He was against feudal separation, tyrants, and civil war. He was for centralization of power, national unity, and a just king. He hated the conflicts between the monarch and nobles because they brought disaster to the country. He noticed the significant power of the bourgeois and the working people (especially the towns’ people). He exposed, although in a limited way ; the oppression and exploitation of aristocrats against the people (including the bourgeois). He applauded patriotism and criticized the unscrupulous pursuit of personal interest. His attitudes were from the middle class viewpoint, but also often reflected the voice of the working people. One thing is worthy of special note : he criticized the ugliness of the bourgeois class. This fact reflected the progressiveness of Shakespeare and his standing on the same ground as the common people."
  • Document: Levith, Murray J. Shakespeare in China. (London : Continuum, 2004). S. 34. (Shak12, Publication)
  • Person: Shakespeare, William
2 1982 Chen, Jia. A history of English literature = Yingguo wen xue shi [ID D23629].
"Jane Austen's fiction is flawed because she has entirely ignored the stirring scenes of growing contradictions and conflicts between the laboring people and the ruling classes in England and failed to make any representation of the social and political conflicts of the time."
3 1984 Chen, Jia. Tan huang dan pai ju ben Deng dai Geduo [ID D30777].
It is precisely due to Samuel Beckett's use of unprecedented representational techniques, and, to a larger degree, to the author's portrayal of the suffering vagrants and slaves as ignorant and docile human beings that Waiting for Godot became highly acclaimed in the circle of Western literature. Yet, such portrayal of characters only suited the needs of Westenr bourgeois ; for this reason, we must not follow the footsteps of foreign critics in paaising the play to the sky as a masterpiece when the play is seriously flawed by its pessimism.
  • Document: Lin, Lidan ; Zhang, Helong. The Chinese response to Samuel Beckett (1906-89). In : Irish studies review ; vol. 19, no 4 (2011). (Beck22, Publication)
  • Person: Beckett, Samuel

Bibliography (3)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1956 Chen, Jia. Shashibiya zai li shi yu ju zhong suo liu lu de zheng zhi jian jie. In : Meng, Xianqian. Zhongguo Shashibiya pinglun. (Changchun: Jilin Jiaoyu Chubanshe, 1991). [Shakespeare's political views revealed in his historical plays].
莎士比亚在历史剧中所流露的政治见解 		Publication / Shak247
  • Cited by: Levith, Murray J. Shakespeare in China. (London : Continuum, 2004). (Shak12, Published)
  • Person: Shakespeare, William
2 1981-1986 Chen, Jia. A history of English literature = Yingguo wen xue shi. (Beijing : Commercial press, 1981-1986).
英國文學史 		Publication / ChJ2
3 1984 Chen, Jia. Tan huang dan pai ju ben Deng dai Geduo. In : Dang dai wai guo wen xue ; no. 1 (1984). [On Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett as an absurd play].
谈谈荒诞派剧本〈等待戈多〉 		Publication / Beck32
  • Cited by: Lin, Lidan ; Zhang, Helong. The Chinese response to Samuel Beckett (1906-89). In : Irish studies review ; vol. 19, no 4 (2011). (Beck22, Published)
  • Person: Beckett, Samuel