Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

by Sabina Knight

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Sabina Knight, a Professor of Chinese and World Literatures at Smith College, is a great way of getting an overview of Chinese literary traditions. It opens with Zhuangzi in 4th-3rd century BCE, discussing whether or not one could know if a fish is happy, to the post-Mao era ‘scar literature’ and an overview of contemporary writing.