Midterm report: Canonization of Chinese Literature in the East and West

The evolution of chinia's litterary canon has had many

Literary Canon

A literary canon denotes a canon of books and other forms of literature that are influential in shaping it’s target culture. In the final analysis, literary canons are closely related to the aesthetic value which is supposed to pass the test of time.

Note to reader: Becuase of the many reasons for canonization this paper will be divided into to processes of canonazation then chrologically rather than primarily chronoloically to better see the modes of canonization.

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Factors for cannaozation of chinese literature

Re-readability

Trevor Ross “A work that endures… offers qualities of insight, expression, or beauty that demand repeated readings while resisting complete encapsulation”

Translations

in respect to modern chinese literary history beinging from the late qing to now the most imporant force of canonazation would be translations of chinese texts into western languagges and western iterature into chinese. The

Politics and ideology