Overview

In the late Qing period, from the Opium War to the 1911 revolution, China absorbed the initial impact of Western arms, manufactures, science and culture. This volume of essays deals with the reception of Western literature on the evidence of translations made. It deals with aspects of the influx of translated fiction and discusses the adjustments made by translators to suit the prevailing aesthetic, cultural and social norms, and/or the needs and preoccupations of the receiving public. A broad overview of translation activities is given and the effect of this foreign invasion on native literature is described.

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Author:   David E. Pollard (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   25
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9789027216281

ISBN 10:   9027216282
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 March 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Dates, persons, terms; 2. Introduction (by Pollard, David E.); 3. Background; 4. Degrees of familiarity with the west in late Qing society (by Yuezhi, Xiong); 5. A statistical survey of translated fiction 1840-1920 (by Teruo, Tarumoto); 6. From petitions to fiction: Visions of the future propagated in early modern China (by Xiaoming, Wang); 7. Translated works; 8. LIberal versions: late Qing approaches to translating aesop's fables (by Chan, Leo Tak-hung); 9. Lord Byron's The isles of Greece : first translations (by Chi Yu, Chu); 10. The sole purpose is to express my political views : Liang Qichao and the translation and writing of political novels in the late Qing (by Wong, Lawrence Wang-chi); 11. The discourse of occidentalism? Wei Yi and Lin Shu's treatment of religious material in their translation of Uncle Tom's Cabin (by Cheung, Martha P.Y.); 12. Giving texts a context: Chinese translations of classical English detective stories 1896-1916 (by Hung, Eva); 13. Jules Verne, Science fiction and related matters (by Pollard, David E.); 14. Making waves; 15. From popular science to science fiction: An investigation of 'flying machines' (by Pingyuan, Chen); 16. Ms Picha and Mrs Stowe (by Xiaohong, Xia); 17. Wang Guowei as translator of values (by Sun, Cecile Chu-chin); 18. The influence of translated fiction on chinese romantic fiction (by Jin, Yuan); 19. Translating modernity (by Wang, David D.W.); 20. Name index

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