Premodern Chinese literature as an archive of vernacular knowledge and everyday life culture

Welcome & Opening

CLASSICAL VS./ VERNACULAR CULTURES

CHAIR: Elizabeth Smithrosser — DISCUSSANTS: Barbara Bisetto (Wu Feipeng) / Lu Zhenzhen (Wu Weihang) / Rainier Lanselle (Wu Yinghui)

› Mixing, Conflicting and Reconciling: The Characteristics of Knowledge in Vernacular Fictions by Ming and Qing Literati - Feipeng Wu, Wu Feipeng 13:30-14:15 (45min)

› Communication between literary tradition and vernacular culture in Pinhua baojian 品花寶鑑 (Precious Mirror for Judging Flowers), an archive of social intercourse between literati and male actor-courtesans - Weihang Wu, CRCAO, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE-PSL) 14:15-15:00 (45min)

› Xixiang ji as Popular Knowledge: Lyric and Visual Superfluity in The Western Wing with Red-Ink Commentary (Zhuding Xixiang ji 硃订西厢记) - Yinghui Wu, Yinghui Wu 15:00-15:45 (45min)

Break

SHIFTING FORMS OF VERNACULAR KNOWLEDGE

CHAIR: Barbara Witt — DISCUSSANTS: Rainier Lanselle (Myhre Karin) / Wu Yinghui (Lu Zhenzhen) / Roland Altenburger (Elizabeth Smithrosser)

› Jokes as a site of social knowledge and historical consciousness: Some methodological pointers - Elizabeth Smithrosser, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden 16:00-16:45 (45min)

› Casual collections: Popular manuscript anthologies from Shandong - Zhenzhen Lu, Bates College 16:45-17:30 (45min)

› Mistaken Identity and the Representations of Performance in a Yuan Sanqu Song - Karin Myhre, Karin Myhre 17:30-18:15 (45min)

Program