The Assassin: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s World of Tang China
Synopsis:This collection offers eleven readings, each as original and thought-provoking as the film itself, beginning with one given by the director himself. Contributors analyze the elliptical way of storytelling, Hou’s adaptation of the source text (a tale from the Tang dynasty, also included in this volume), the film’s appropriation of traditional Chinese visual aesthetics, as well as the concept of xia (knight-errant) that is embedded in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist worldviews.
ISBN:9789888455690
Language:English
Author:Edited by Peng Hsiao-yen
Author Biography:Peng Hsiao-yen is research fellow at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. She has published widely on transcultural studies and modern Chinese and Taiwanese literature and culture.
