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Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian: Nobel Prize Winner

Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian: Nobel Prize Winner

Xingjian Gao

This collection of over 60 ink paintings by Gao Xingjian represents his philosophy and painting style. Gao believes that the world cannot be explained and that artistic creation offers the only way to escape into meaning.
Gao Xingjian’s Post-Exile Plays: Transnationalism and ...

Gao Xingjian’s Post-Exile Plays: Transnationalism and ...

Mary Mazzilli

Gao, Xingjian (1983), 'Tan Jiadingxing – xiandai xiju shoudian chu tan zhiqi' (On Suppositionality – Exploring the Seventh Method of Modern Theatre)', Suibi, 6: 96 –103. Gao, Xingjian (1988), Dui yizhong xiandai xiju de zhuiqiu (In the Pursuit ...
Escape and the Man who Questions Death

Escape and the Man who Questions Death

Xingjian Gao

"This collection contains two plays by Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000.
Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings

Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings

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The present volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays on the themes of freedom and fate in the creative works of Gao Xingjian.
Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre: From the Word to the Image

Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre: From the Word to the Image

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“Da Qingnian Yishujiajizhe wen” (#4 #2-##xit #|E|, Answering the questions asked by the Young Artists journalist), in Gao Xingjian, Dui yizhongxiandai xiju de zhuiqiu, pp. 57–61. –, “Dialogue and Rebuttal' trans. by Gilbert C. F. Fong, in Gao ...
Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater

Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater

Sy Ren Quah

Students of modern and Chinese theater and literature, as well as those with an interest in comparative literature and cultural studies, will welcome this illuminating work that probes Gao Xingjian's transcultural creativity and its complex ...
Ballade Nocturne: Libretto for a Dance Performance

Ballade Nocturne: Libretto for a Dance Performance

Xingjian Gao

Features some of the most venerable names in publishing and makes available new explorations in writing and translation.
Occidentalism and Orientalism: Critically Framing Gao ...

Occidentalism and Orientalism: Critically Framing Gao ...

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I also explore Bus Stop from the perspective of the artists who created the work; Lin Zhaohua, Gao Xingjian, and actors Xiu Zongdi and Liu Jinrong, and the various techniques that were developed during the rehearsal process.
The Other Shore: Plays

The Other Shore: Plays

Xingjian Gao

The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work in the English language. Indeed, "The Other Shore" is one of the few works by the author available in English today.
Ink Dances in Limbo: Gao Xingjian's Writing as Cultural ...

Ink Dances in Limbo: Gao Xingjian's Writing as Cultural ...

Jessica Yeung

This book is suitable for all readers who are interested in contemporary Chinese culture and literature. It is particularly valuable to students who are keen to engage with the issue of contemporary China-West cultural relationships.

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