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Praise for Reading Lu Xun Through Carl Jung
“The book approaches Lu Xun’s stories differently. Carolyn T. Brown brings an African American intellectual’s perspective as well as a Jungian one to bear on her analysis of Lu Xun’s fiction, and this is valuable in my view. This book will appeal to scholars of comparative literature, ethnic studies, as well as Chinese Studies. I have colleagues in China who would be very interested in and impressed by it as well.”
—Jon von Kowallis,
Professor and Chair of Chinese Studies,
University of New South Wales
“The application of Carl Jung’s structural views and insights to the analysis of Lu Xun has not been previously proposed or carried out. In this clear, well-organized, and accessible study, Carolyn T. Brown presents a carefully laid-out argument for reading Lu Xun through Jungian principles. One paradox for readers of Lu Xun’s fiction is that the world he captured has, on the one hand, changed beyond recognition and on the other hand, is wholly recognizable in terms of human and political relations. As such, readers often need guidance on both points. This book offers sensible, sensitive guidance, and its succinct coverage of every one of Lu Xun’s work of short fiction is an asset.”
—Eva Shan Chou,
Professor and Chair, Department of English,
Baruch College, City University of New York
“This is truly a great contribution not only to Lu Xun studies but also to modern Chinese intellectual history. The approach is seminal and convincing. The arguments based on close reading of the texts are careful, coherent, and revealing. The meticulous analysis of the four images and their inner entanglement is practically