The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Trans... - 9781350215351

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in TranslationAuthor(s): Cosima Bruno, Lucas Klein, Chris Song\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350215351, 978-1350215351\nSynopsis\nOffering the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies perspective, this handbook provides students, researchers and teachers with a context in which to read and appreciate the effects of linguistic and cultural transfer in Chinese literary works. \n\nTranslation matters. It always has, of course, but more so when we want to reap the benefits of intercultural communication. In many universities Chinese literature in English translation is taught as if it had been written in English. As a result, students submit what they read to their own cultural expectations; they do not read in translation and do not attend to the protocols of knowing, engagements and contest.