“Fourth World,” “Third Nature,” and the Poetic Imagination of Eastern Ecological Wisdom: An Analysis of The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian

• Published in: Frontiers of literary studies in China Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 454 - 466
• Main Author: ZHANG Lijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Higher Education Press 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Chi Zijian, The Last Quarter of the Moon, Eastern ecological wisdom, “Fourth World,” “Third Nature”

In her novel The Last Quarter of the Moon, Chi Zijian, while narrating the history of the extinction of the Evenki people, constructs a “spiritual time” that contends with linear time and the “Third Nature” filled with the universal love of humanity, creating a “Fourth World” where humanity and natu...