Proust, China and Intertextual Engagement : Translation and Transcultural Dialogue

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The book traces the literary journey that Proust’s work made to China and back by means of translation, intertextual engagement, and the creation of a transcultural dialogue through migrant literature. It begins with a translation history of Proust’s work in China and studies the different (re)translations and editions of La Recherche highlighting their culturally conditioned thematic emphases and negligence, such as time and memory over anti-Semitism and homosexuality. The book then moves on to explore three contemporary mainland Chinese writers’ creative intertextual engagement with Proust against the backdrop of China's explosive development from modernity to post-modernity in the 1990s. Finally, the book examines the multifarious literary relations between Proust and the Franco-Chinese migrant writer François Cheng. It demonstrates how the cultural heritages of China and the West can be re-negotiated and put into dialogue through the fictional and creative medium of literature, as well as providing a means of understanding the economic, political, and cultural exchanges in our current global context. Read more... Abstract: The book traces the literary journey that Proust's work made to China and back by means of translation, intertextual engagement, and the creation of a transcultural dialogue through migrant literature. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Shuangyi Li)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Proust and the Chinese Translations (Shuangyi Li)....Pages 19-83 Proust and Mainland Chinese Writers: La Recherche and Its Postmodern Hypertexts (Shuangyi Li)....Pages 85-125 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Intertextual and Paratextual Relations Between La Recherche and Le Dit (Shuangyi Li)....Pages 129-152 Traits Chinois/Démarche Proustienne (Shuangyi Li)....Pages 153-232 Back Matter ....Pages 233-246