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Focusing on ecocritical aspects throughout Chinese literature, particularly modern and contemporary Chinese literature, the contributors to this book examine the environmental and ecological dimensions of notions such as qing (情) and jing (境).

Chinese modern and contemporary environmental writing offers a unique aesthetic perspective toward the natural world. Such a perspective is mainly ecological and allows human subjects to take a benign and nonutilitarian attitude toward nature. The contributors to this book demonstrate how Chinese literary ecology tends toward an ecological-systemic holism from which all human behaviors should be closely examined. They do so by examining a range of writers and genres, including Liu Cixin’s science fiction, Wu Ming-yi’s environmental fiction, and Zhang Chengzhi’s historical narratives.

This book provides valuable insights for scholars and students looking to understand how Chinese literature conceptualizes the relationship between humanity and nature, as well as our role and position within the natural realm.

Focusing on ecocritical aspects throughout Chinese literature, particularly modern and contemporary Chinese literature, the contributors to this book examine the environmental and ecological dimensions of notions such as qing (情) and jing (境).

Chinese modern and contemporary environmental writing offers a unique aesthetic perspective toward the natural world. Such a perspective is mainly ecological and allows human subjects to take a benign and nonutilitarian attitude toward nature. The contributors to this book demonstrate how Chinese literary ecology tends toward an ecological-systemic holism from which all human behaviors should be closely examined. They do so by examining a range of writers and genres, including Liu Cixin’s science fiction, Wu Ming-yi’s environmental fiction, and Zhang Chengzhi’s historical narratives.

This book provides valuable insights for scholars and students looking to understand how Chinese literature conceptualizes the relationship between humanity and nature, as well as our role and position within the natural realm.

This edited volume contains an excellent collection of contributions and presents various informative topics under the central theme: literary and translation approaches to China’s greatest classical novel Hongloumeng.

Acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Hongloumeng (known in English as The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone) epitomizes 18th century Chinese social and cultural life. Owing to its kaleidoscopic description of Chinese life and culture, the novel has also exerted a significant impact on world literature. Its various translations, either full-length or abridged, have been widely read by an international audience. The contributors to this volume provide a renewed perspective into Hongloumeng studies by bringing together scholarship in the fields of literary and translation studies. Specifically, the use of corpora in the framework of digital humanities in a number of chapters helps re-address many issues of the novel and its translations, from an innovative angle.

The book is an insightful resource for both scholars of Chinese literature and for linguists with a focus on translation studies.

This edited volume contains an excellent collection of contributions and presents various informative topics under the central theme: literary and translation approaches to China’s greatest classical novel Hongloumeng.

Acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Hongloumeng (known in English as The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone) epitomizes 18th century Chinese social and cultural life. Owing to its kaleidoscopic description of Chinese life and culture, the novel has also exerted a significant impact on world literature. Its various translations, either full-length or abridged, have been widely read by an international audience. The contributors to this volume provide a renewed perspective into Hongloumeng studies by bringing together scholarship in the fields of literary and translation studies. Specifically, the use of corpora in the framework of digital humanities in a number of chapters helps re-address many issues of the novel and its translations, from an innovative angle.

The book is an insightful resource for both scholars of Chinese literature and for linguists with a focus on translation studies.

Chao explores Sinophone literature as a complex field that navigates the intersections of Sinitic languages, global literary systems, and China-centered perspectives. He presents an alternative perspective that Sinophone literature, especially through ghost narratives, offers a platform for communities to critically examine modernity, transgress boundaries, and challenge epistemologies.

By emphasizing locality, this book critiques the homogenization of knowledge production and highlights the importance of local experiences in shaping Sinophone identity. Questioning the linear, essentialist interpretations of Chineseness, a more fluid understanding influenced by cultural memory, globalization, and transnational dynamics emerges. This book advocates for an expanded scope of Sinophone theory that includes the Chinese mainland, moving beyond an against-diaspora stance. Building upon postcolonialism and historical contexts, it examines literary texts and ghost narratives originating from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Chinese mainland, delving into the diversity of Sinophone literature.

An excellent read for students, researchers, and scholars interested in Chinese literature, cultural studies, and critical literary work with a focus on Asian studies.

Chao explores Sinophone literature as a complex field that navigates the intersections of Sinitic languages, global literary systems, and China-centered perspectives. He presents an alternative perspective that Sinophone literature, especially through ghost narratives, offers a platform for communities to critically examine modernity, transgress boundaries, and challenge epistemologies.

By emphasizing locality, this book critiques the homogenization of knowledge production and highlights the importance of local experiences in shaping Sinophone identity. Questioning the linear, essentialist interpretations of Chineseness, a more fluid understanding influenced by cultural memory, globalization, and transnational dynamics emerges. This book advocates for an expanded scope of Sinophone theory that includes the Chinese mainland, moving beyond an against-diaspora stance. Building upon postcolonialism and historical contexts, it examines literary texts and ghost narratives originating from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Chinese mainland, delving into the diversity of Sinophone literature.

An excellent read for students, researchers, and scholars interested in Chinese literature, cultural studies, and critical literary work with a focus on Asian studies.

Zhu, Moratto, Chao and the contributors bring readers on a captivating journey into the intersections of Chinese and Western intellectual traditions.

Through a diverse collection of chapters, the book navigates the complex terrain of literary theory, aesthetics, and cultural analysis with depth and insight. From exploring ancient Chinese literary theories to examining contemporary interpretations of Western aesthetics by Chinese scholars, each chapter presents a unique perspective that enriches our understanding of cross-cultural exchanges. It transcends disciplinary boundaries, inviting readers to engage with topics ranging from landscape aesthetics to virtual reality, from postcolonialism to the philosophy of art. By fostering dialogue and reflection, it illuminates the dynamic interplay between Chinese and Western cultures, challenging conventional assumptions and opening new pathways for intellectual inquiry.

With its thought-provoking insights and scholarly rigor, this book is an indispensable resource for academics and students in the fields of literary theory and comparative literary studies, as well as anyone interested in the complexities of cultural translation and the evolving landscape of global intellectual discourse.