AUC Philosophica et Historica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica) is a multidisciplinary academic journal focused on the humanities with more than 50 years of tradition.
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AUC PHILOSOPHICA ET HISTORICA, Vol 2012 No 1 (2012), 27–33
ArticleHlas podzimu, dokonalejší než hudba: k motivu cvrčka v čínské literatuře
[Voice of the Autumn More Exquisite Than Music: The Motif of Cricket in Chinese Poetry]
Olga Lomová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24647055.2014.25
published online: 01. 02. 2015
abstract
Using examples of the literary motif of cricket, the essay points to the growth of semantic associations linked with this ‘thing’ (wu 物) in Chinese poetry. In this connection, it is discussed how the treatment of a literary motif is related both to the observation of reality and to the study of earlier – mainly canonical – texts. The author also briefly touches on the relation of literary tradition to the customs of breeding crickets for entertainment.
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