Travel, Translation and Transmedia Aesthetics by Shuangyi Li (Hardback Book)

Springer Verlag, Singapore

This book examines the works of four contemporary first-generation Chinese migrant writer-artists in France: Fran\u00E7ois CHENG, GAO Xingjian, DAI Sijie, and SHAN Sa. They were all born in China, moved to France in their adulthood to pursue their literary and artistic ambitions, and have enjoyed the highest French and Western institutional recognitions, from the Grand Prix de la Francophonie to the Nobel Prize in Literature. They have established themselves not only as writers, but also as translators, calligraphers, painters, playwrights, and filmmakers mainly in their host country. French has become their dominant\u2014but not only\u2014language of literary creation (except for Gao); yet, linguistic idioms, poetic imagery, and classical thought from Chinese cultural heritage permeate their French\n\nTravel, Translation and Transmedia Aesthetics\nFranco-Chinese Literature and Visual Arts in a Global Age\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free U;