TY - CHAP
T1 - Six Dynasties Parallel Prose: Descriptive and Expository
AU - CAI, Zong-qi
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - In Chinese prose studies, "parallel prose (pianwen), along with its appellation "Four-Six (siliu), in the only form-based genre designation, it so so elastic that it has been applied broadly to all Han and post-Han prose works that employ a preponderance of four-and-six-character lines, or narrowly to Qi-Liang (479-577 CE) and later prose that meticulously couples four-and six-character lines in varying modules. This genre exploits correspondence between couples lines on multiple levels - rhythmic, semantic, syntactic, allusive, and tonal correspondence - to increase descriptive or discursive power.
AB - In Chinese prose studies, "parallel prose (pianwen), along with its appellation "Four-Six (siliu), in the only form-based genre designation, it so so elastic that it has been applied broadly to all Han and post-Han prose works that employ a preponderance of four-and-six-character lines, or narrowly to Qi-Liang (479-577 CE) and later prose that meticulously couples four-and six-character lines in varying modules. This genre exploits correspondence between couples lines on multiple levels - rhythmic, semantic, syntactic, allusive, and tonal correspondence - to increase descriptive or discursive power.
M3 - Book Chapter
SN - 9780231203647
SN - 9780231203654
SP - 210
EP - 226
BT - How to Read Chinese Prose : A Guided Anthology
A2 - CAI, Zong-qi
PB - Columbia University Press
ER -