History Retold : Premodern Chinese Texts in Western Translation /
History Retold : Premodern Chinese Texts in Western Translation /
Premodern Chinese Texts in Western Translation
edited by Leo Tak-hung Chan and Zong-qi Cai.
- 1 online resource.
- Chinese Texts in the World ; 2 .
- Chinese Texts in the World ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collected volume studies the history of Western translation of premodern Chinese texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. A range of case-studies show how translation served to disseminate key texts, enabling them to travel in time and space, and cross linguistic and cultural barriers. This collected volume focuses on the history of Western translation of premodern Chinese texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Divided into three parts, nine chapters feature close readings of translated texts, micro-studies of how three translations came into being, and broad-based surveys that inquire into the causes of historical change. Among the specific questions addressed are: What stylistic, generic, and discursive permutations were undergone by Chinese texts as they crossed linguistic borders? Who were the main agents in this centuries-long effort to transmit Chinese culture to the West? How did readership considerations affect the form that particular translations take? More generally, the contributors are concerned with the relevance of current research paradigms, like those of World Literature, transcultural reception, and the rewriting of translation history.
9789004521322 9789004521315
10.1163/9789004521322 DOI
Asian Studies.
Comparative Studies & World Literature.
Cultural History.
Literature & Culture.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
China.
DS501
950.05
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collected volume studies the history of Western translation of premodern Chinese texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. A range of case-studies show how translation served to disseminate key texts, enabling them to travel in time and space, and cross linguistic and cultural barriers. This collected volume focuses on the history of Western translation of premodern Chinese texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Divided into three parts, nine chapters feature close readings of translated texts, micro-studies of how three translations came into being, and broad-based surveys that inquire into the causes of historical change. Among the specific questions addressed are: What stylistic, generic, and discursive permutations were undergone by Chinese texts as they crossed linguistic borders? Who were the main agents in this centuries-long effort to transmit Chinese culture to the West? How did readership considerations affect the form that particular translations take? More generally, the contributors are concerned with the relevance of current research paradigms, like those of World Literature, transcultural reception, and the rewriting of translation history.
9789004521322 9789004521315
10.1163/9789004521322 DOI
Asian Studies.
Comparative Studies & World Literature.
Cultural History.
Literature & Culture.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
China.
DS501
950.05