Taiwanese literature as world literature / edited by Pei-yin Lin and Wen-chi Li.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lin, Pei-yin, editor.

Li, Wen-chi (Sinologist), editor.

Series:

Literatures as world literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--Taiwan--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Chinese literature--Appreciation.

Taiwan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Essays.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Summary:

"Explores the richness of 20th-century Taiwanese literature as multilingual and diverse-styled world literature, accentuating how it intersects with world literary trends and how it is perceived globally through translation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Bridging Taiwan and the World: Frameworks and Tactics

1. Taiwanese Literature in Two Transnational Contexts: Sinophone Literature and World Literature / Kuei-fen Chiu

2. Worlding Taiwan: Taiwanese Literature's Contingent Constructions / Carlos Rojas

3. Worlding Modalities of Taiwanese Literature: Family Saga, Autobiographical Narrative, and Bildungsroman / Pei-yin Lin

pt. II Bringing the World Home: Transcultural Practice in Taiwanese Literature

4. Reading Taiwan through Japanese and French Literatures: The Surrealism of Le Moulin Poetry Society / Yi-chen Liu

5. Responsible Primitivism: Wu Ming-yi's The Man with the Compound Eyes as Indigenous-Themed Environmental World Literature / Darryl Sterk

6. The Foreign at Home: World Literature, Viral Postmodernism, and Notes of a Desolate Man / Nicholas A. Kaldis

pt. III Bringing Taiwan to the World: Taiwanese Literature in Translation

7. Anthologizing Taiwan: Taiwanese Literature toward the Anglophone World / John Balcom

8. Settling in the World Republic of Letters: Taiwanese Literature in French / Gwennael Gaffric

9. Voices from Alternative Literary Fields: Translating Taiwanese Literature into Italian / Federica Passi

10. From Taiwan's Literature to Taiwanese Literature: A Paradigm Shift in Japanese Translation / Ying-che Huang

11. Made in Taiwan: Reading Chiu Miao-chins Lesbian Tales as World Literature / Wen-chi Li

12. Translation Matters: The Case of The Butcher's Wife in English / Sheng-chi Hsu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Taiwanese literature as world literature

ISBN:

9781501381348

1501381342

9781501381386

1501381385

OCLC:

1305911405

Publisher Number:

99993085267