Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation
Palgrave Macmillan · Paperback · February 29, 2012
This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present.
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- Who it’s for
- S. Qi traces Western literature’s reception in China and its cultural, literary, and sociopolitical impact.
- Genres
- Chinese Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Palgrave Macmillan, February 29, 2012
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This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China.
Western Literature in China
S. Qi traces Western literature’s reception in China and its cultural, literary, and sociopolitical impact.
Come here for
- The reception of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present
- How translation introduced Western literature
Expect
- Socio-historical contexts for its introduction
- A focus on translation and modern China’s cultural life
Where it sits
| Comparative Literature | 80% |
|---|---|
| Chinese Literary Criticism | 53% |
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 27% |
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Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- S. Qi, Shouhua Qi
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- February 29, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- History