Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Associative and Dissociative: the 'Self' in Chinese Classical and Modem Literature 2. Confucius' Self-Identity and the Divine 3. Self-Identity and Allegory in the Fiction of Yu Hua 4. The Religious and Cultural Identity of Rabindranath Tagore 5. Ethnicity in Modem Indonesian Literature: the Novels of Abdul Moeis and Pramoedya Anata Toer 6. 'I Felt Like a Car Without a Driver': Achdiat K. Mihardja's Novel Atheis 7. From Huaqiao to Minzu: Constructing New Identities in Indonesia's Peranakan-Chinese Literature 8. Identity in Modem Japanese Literature. The Case of Natsume Soseki 9. Framed by Fiction: Malay Literary Characters in the Literatures of Europe and Asia 10. 'The Most Important Thing Is What Happens inside Us': Personal

About the Author

Lisbeth Littrup