Around the graphic novel "Qin Opéra": in the tradition of Chinese scroll paintings, March 17

18 March 2022

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The IFRAE research team presents the graphic and literary work Qin Opéra (Patayo, 2021), inspired by a novel by writer Jia Pingwa. The aim of this presentation is to show how this leporello, which unfolds over a length of 20 meters, is part of the tradition of Chinese painted scrolls.
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Li Zhiwu, Meng Xiaoyan.. "Qin opéra". Traduction Marie Laureillard, Adaptation Marie Laureillard, Laurent Mélikian, Frédéric Fourreau, Patayo Edition : Nantes, 2022 © Patayo Editions‎

Event proposed by the French Institute for Research on East Asia - IFRAE (Inalco-Université Paris Cité-CNRS)

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 18:30 - Amphi 7
Inalco - 65 rue des Grands Moulins - 75013 Paris

Around the graphic novel Qin opera by Li Zhiwu and Meng Xiaoyan

Patayo Editions : Nantes, 2021

Translation : Marie Laureillard
Adaptation : Marie Laureillard, Laurent Mélikian, Frédéric Fourreau
Postfaces by Vincent Durand-Dastès, professor of premodern Chinese literature, and Laurent Mélikian, collection director

The aim will be to present the unusual format of this book by Li Zhiwu and Men Xiaoyan and its graphic style adapted to the content, taken from a novel by Jia Pingwa evoking the decline of opera in Shaanxi province. We will attempt to show how this 20-meter-long leporello fits into the tradition of Chinese painted scrolls.

Contributors:
Marie Laureillard

In the presence of:
Estelle BAUER
Vincent DURAND-DASTÈS

The book at the publisher's