The "Four Great Classic Novels" from 14th-18th century China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels Specifically: Water Margin Romance of the Three Kingdoms Journey to the West Dream of the Red Chamber They are referenced in everything in asian media and there a bajillion tv/movie adaptations of them but they are relatively unknown in the west.
Also see: https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/francis-ford-c... With comments from Coppola about Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade, but also Cao Xueqin's The Dream of the Red Chamber, William Bolitho's Twelve Against the Gods, Cole and Chinoy's project Directors on Directing, and Goethe's Elective Affinities
…more modern ideological one. Six novels are thought to have sold over 100 million copies: A Tale of Two Cities, The Little Prince, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, And Then There Were None, Dream of the Red Chamber, and The Hobbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books A friend who'd dropped out of a maths PhD programme once described the culture as "studying some specialised field in which…
In most of the best-known classic Chinese novels, like "Journey to the West", "Water Margin" and "Dream of the Red Chamber", there is usually a character that feels very important in the first few chapters, then nowhere to be found in the rest of the book. When people reading these novels, most of them wouldn't think of…
You're missing something... sort of. Yes, these authors are aware of Apuleus. They might even be aware of day the Tale of Genji, or Dream of the Red Chamber, or Njall's Saga, or even say the book of Samuel in the Bible, all of which are earlier examples of novel like things! If you define the novel as a long prose story then obviously there are many examples…
来自14到18世纪中国的“四大名著”：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels 具体来说是：《水浒传》《三国演义》《西游记》《红楼梦》。在亚洲媒体里它们到处被引用，各种影视改编多得数不胜数，但在西方却相对没什么人知道。
The "Four Great Classic Novels" from 14th-18th century China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels Specifically: Water Margin Romance of the Three Kingdoms Journey to the West Dream of the Red Chamber They are referenced in everything in asian media and there a bajillion tv/movie adaptations of them but they are relatively unknown in the west.
这个标题引用了《红楼梦》，有史以来最伟大的小说之一。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber
The title is a reference to Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the greatest novels ever written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber
另见：https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/francis-ford-c... 附有科波拉的点评，涉及 Riane Eisler 的《圣杯与剑》，还有曹雪芹的《红楼梦》、威廉·博利索的《十二个反对上帝的人》、科尔与奇诺伊的项目《导演论导演》，以及歌德的《亲和力》
Also see: https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/francis-ford-c... With comments from Coppola about Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade, but also Cao Xueqin's The Dream of the Red Chamber, William Bolitho's Twelve Against the Gods, Cole and Chinoy's project Directors on Directing, and Goethe's Elective Affinities
……更现代的意识形态产物。据估计有六部小说的销量超过了1亿册：《双城记》《小王子》《哈利·波特与魔法石》《无人生还》《红楼梦》和《霍比特人》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books 一个数学博士退学的朋友曾把这种学术文化描述为“研究某个极其细分的领域，在这个领域里……
…more modern ideological one. Six novels are thought to have sold over 100 million copies: A Tale of Two Cities, The Little Prince, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, And Then There Were None, Dream of the Red Chamber, and The Hobbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books A friend who'd dropped out of a maths PhD programme once described the culture as "studying some specialised field in which…
在大多数最著名的中国古典小说里，比如《西游记》《水浒传》和《红楼梦》，通常都会有一个在前几回看起来极其重要的人物，但在书的后半部分就彻底销声匿迹了。大家读这些小说的时候，大多数人都不会去想……
In most of the best-known classic Chinese novels, like "Journey to the West", "Water Margin" and "Dream of the Red Chamber", there is usually a character that feels very important in the first few chapters, then nowhere to be found in the rest of the book. When people reading these novels, most of them wouldn't think of…
你遗漏了些东西……某种程度上来说。是的，这些作者知道阿普列乌斯（Apuleius）。他们甚至可能知道《源氏物语》《红楼梦》《尼亚尔萨迦》，甚至比如圣经里的《撒母耳记》，这些全都是类似小说雏形的事物的早期例子！如果你把小说定义为长篇散文故事，那显然有太多例子了……
You're missing something... sort of. Yes, these authors are aware of Apuleus. They might even be aware of day the Tale of Genji, or Dream of the Red Chamber, or Njall's Saga, or even say the book of Samuel in the Bible, all of which are earlier examples of novel like things! If you define the novel as a long prose story then obviously there are many examples…