Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change

Abstract

Foreword / Matthew K. Kapstein vii Note on Transliteration xi Introduction / Lauran R. Hartley and Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani xiii Part One: Engaging Traditions 1. Heterodox Views and the New Orthodox Poems: Tibetan Writers in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century / Lauran R. Hartley 3 2. Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese / Yangdon Dhondup 32 3. The Development of Modern Tibetan Literature in the People's Republic of China in the 1980s / Tsering Shakya 61 4. Dondrup Gyel and the Remaking of the Tibetan Ramayana / Nancy G. Lin 86 5. Heartbeat of a New Generation: A Discussion of the New Poetry / Pema Bhum 112 6. Heartbeat of a New Generation Revisited / Pema Bhum 135 7. Oracles and Demons in Tibetan Literature Today: Representations of Religion in Tibetan-Medium Fiction / Francoise Robin 148 8. One Nation, Two Discourses: Tibetan New Era Literature and the Language Debate / Lara maconi 173 9. The Condor Flies over Tibet: Zhaxi Dawa and the Significance of Tibetan Magical Realism / Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani 202 10. In Quest(ion) of an I: Identity and Idiocy in Alai's Red Poppies / Howard Y. F. Choy 225 11. Development and Urban Space in Contemporary Tibetan Literature / Riika J. Virtanen 236 12. Modern Tibetan Literature and the Rise of Writer Coteries / Sangye Gyatso (Gangzhun) 263 13. Tibetan Literature in the Diaspora / Hortsang Jigme 281 14. Placing Tibetan Fiction in a World of Literary Studies: Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes / Steven J. Venturino 301 Appendix 1: Glossary of Tibetan Spellings 327 Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms 338 Appendix 3: Contemporary Tibetan Literary Works in Translation 340 Bibliography 345 About the Contributors 369 Index 373