Culture in translation : reception of Chinese literature in comparative perspective /
Culture in translation : reception of Chinese literature in comparative perspective /
Reception of Chinese literature in comparative perspective
ed. by Kwok-kan Tam, Kelly Kar-yue Chan.
- Kowloon, Hong Kong : Open University of Hong Kong Press, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) : illustrations
"The essays are revised papers selected from a conference "Culture in Translation: Reception of Chinese Literature in the World held at the Open University of Hong Kong in January 2011"--Preface
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Culture, reception and translation / Kwok-kan Tam, Kelly Kar-yue Chan -- The writer as translator: on the creative aesthetics of Gao Xingjian / Mabel Lee -- Lady precious stream, diaspora literature, and cultural interpretation / Da Zheng -- Traditions, modernity, parataxis and the self: Chinese poetry and the anglophone Avant-Garde / Lucas Klein -- L.A. Cranmert-Byng and the western reception of Tang poetry / Lan Jiang -- Translating culture: (re)constructing regionalism in English translations of Taiwan's regional prose literature / Yun-fang Lo -- A dilemma for the translator: bicultural elements in bilingual texts / Kwok-kan Tam -- The role translation played in the Mei Lanfang US tour in 1930 / Teresa Wang -- Wild orchid in a secluded valley: a positive image of Chinese womanhood in Lin Yutang's "A nun of Taishan" / Fang Lu -- Between borrowing and retention: the translation of Zhu Shuzhen's poems / Kelly Kar-yue Chan -- From Gogol to Lu Xun and after: politics, culture and reception / Garfield Chi-sum Lau -- Metamorphoses for better reception: the Chinese translation of The brotherhood of the seven kings in Hong Kong / Bo Li -- Love novels in translation: Joan Haste as an example of domestication / Qian Liu -- Notes on contributors -- Index.
English.
9781461930419 (electronic bk.) 1461930413 (electronic bk.) 9627707961 (electronic bk.) 9789627707967 (electronic bk.)
Chinese literature--Congresses.
Chinese literature--Translations into English--Congresses.
Language and culture--Congresses.
Culture in literature--Congresses.
Littérature chinoise--Congrès.
Langage et culture--Congrès.
Culture dans la littérature--Congrès.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese literature.
Culture in literature.
Language and culture.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PL2658.E1 / C85 2012eb
895.108
"The essays are revised papers selected from a conference "Culture in Translation: Reception of Chinese Literature in the World held at the Open University of Hong Kong in January 2011"--Preface
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Culture, reception and translation / Kwok-kan Tam, Kelly Kar-yue Chan -- The writer as translator: on the creative aesthetics of Gao Xingjian / Mabel Lee -- Lady precious stream, diaspora literature, and cultural interpretation / Da Zheng -- Traditions, modernity, parataxis and the self: Chinese poetry and the anglophone Avant-Garde / Lucas Klein -- L.A. Cranmert-Byng and the western reception of Tang poetry / Lan Jiang -- Translating culture: (re)constructing regionalism in English translations of Taiwan's regional prose literature / Yun-fang Lo -- A dilemma for the translator: bicultural elements in bilingual texts / Kwok-kan Tam -- The role translation played in the Mei Lanfang US tour in 1930 / Teresa Wang -- Wild orchid in a secluded valley: a positive image of Chinese womanhood in Lin Yutang's "A nun of Taishan" / Fang Lu -- Between borrowing and retention: the translation of Zhu Shuzhen's poems / Kelly Kar-yue Chan -- From Gogol to Lu Xun and after: politics, culture and reception / Garfield Chi-sum Lau -- Metamorphoses for better reception: the Chinese translation of The brotherhood of the seven kings in Hong Kong / Bo Li -- Love novels in translation: Joan Haste as an example of domestication / Qian Liu -- Notes on contributors -- Index.
English.
9781461930419 (electronic bk.) 1461930413 (electronic bk.) 9627707961 (electronic bk.) 9789627707967 (electronic bk.)
Chinese literature--Congresses.
Chinese literature--Translations into English--Congresses.
Language and culture--Congresses.
Culture in literature--Congresses.
Littérature chinoise--Congrès.
Langage et culture--Congrès.
Culture dans la littérature--Congrès.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese literature.
Culture in literature.
Language and culture.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PL2658.E1 / C85 2012eb
895.108