Date: 11-Oct-2007 From: Liesbeth Kanis <kanisbrill.nl> Subject: The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919: Kaske E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919
Series Title: Sinica Leidensia, 82
Published: 2007
Publisher: Brill
http://www.brill.nl
Author: Elisabeth Kaske
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004163676 Pages: 600 Price: Europe EURO 139.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004163676 Pages: 600 Price: U.S. $ 195.00
Abstract:
The study examines the origins of the "literary revolution" proclaimed in 1917 which laid the foundation for the replacement of the classical language (wenyan) by the vernacular (baihua) as China's national language and medium of national literature. A unique multifaceted approach is used to explain the political significance of the classical/vernacular divide (diglossia) against the backdrop of social change that followed the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Seeing education as the central battleground for all debates on language, the study in six thoroughly documented chapters investigates the language policy of the Qing and Republican governments, vernacular journalism of the revolutionaries, the activities of urban script reformers, the linguistic thought of national essence advocates, and the emergence of a scholarly interest in the vernacular in academic circles.
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