Rewriting the Orient: Asian Works in the Making of World Literature: 327 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures) - Softcover

Yunfei Bai (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469677717 ISBN 13: 9781469677712

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2024

Synopsis

In this ambitious volume, Yunfei Bai delves into the creative adaptations of classical Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan literary texts by four renowned nineteenth- and early twentieth-century authors in France and Argentina: Theophile Gautier, Stephane Mallarme, Victor Segalen, and Jorge Luis Borges. Without any knowledge of the source languages, the authors crafted their own French and Spanish retellings based on received translations of these Asian works. Rewriting the Orient not only explores the so far untapped translation-rewriting continuum to trace the pivotal role of Orientalism in the formation of a singular corpus of world literature that goes beyond the Anglophone canon, but also sheds light on a wide range of innovative discursive strategies that readily challenge traditional notions of cultural appropriation.

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About the Author

Yunfei Bai is Assistant Professor of Translation Studies at Lingnan University. He received his Ph.D. in French at Rutgers University. His research broadly considers the transmission of literary texts across languages and cultures.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1469677717
• ISBN 13: 9781469677712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202