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Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity

Publication ,  Journal Article
Rojas, C
Published in: Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
May 1, 2016

This article considers the contemporary genre of Internet fan fiction inspired by Dream of the Red Chamber, which is to say Chinese novels published over the Internet that take the plot of Dream of the Red Chamber as their starting point. Through a close textual analysis of thematics of incestuous desire, reproduction, and vestigial remains in two works of Dream, of the Red Chamber fan fiction, he argues that these contemporary novels comment allegorically not only on their own relationship to Dream of the Red Chamber itself, but also on more abstract processes of literary production and canon formation.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

ISSN

0257-0254

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

36

Issue

3

Start / End Page

190 / 200
 

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Rojas, C. (2016). Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 36(3), 190–200.
Rojas, C. “Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity.” Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 36, no. 3 (May 1, 2016): 190–200.
Rojas C. Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art. 2016 May 1;36(3):190–200.
Rojas, C. “Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity.” Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, vol. 36, no. 3, May 2016, pp. 190–200.
Rojas C. Dream of the Red Chamber Internet Fan Fiction and Literary Canonicity. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art. 2016 May 1;36(3):190–200.

Published In

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

ISSN

0257-0254

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

36

Issue

3

Start / End Page

190 / 200