Translingual practice

Name: Translingual practice
Author: Lydia H. Liu
ISBN: 0804725349

by Lydia H. Liu (1995)

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This study - bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies - analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." By this term, the author refers to the process by which new words, meanings, discourses, and modes of representation arose, circulated, and acquired legitimacy in early modern China as it contacted/collided with European/Japanese languages and literatures. In reexamining the rise of modern Chinese literature in this context, the book asks three central questions: How did "modernity" and "the West" become legitimized in May Fourth literary discourse? What happened to native agency in this complex process of legitimation? How did the Chinese national culture imagine and interpret its own moment of unfolding? . After the first chapter, which deals with the theoretical issues, ensuing chapters treat particular instances of translingual practice such as national character, individualism, stylistic innovations, first-person narration, and canon formation.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreTranslingual practice Lead Character

Themes & Moods

History Chinese literature Civilization Foreign influences Chinese literature, history and criticism China, civilization Modern Era

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