Overview
The book deals chiefly with the phenomenon of globalization as a cultural and critical concept and theoretical discourse, in an attempt to make a new construction of it from the Chinese perspective. It will also deal with the effect of globalization on China in the aspects of economy, society, culture and literature, film and TV, and exploring the cultural and intellectual strategies.Synopsis
Ning (English and comparative literature, Tsinghua U.) examines the phenomenon of globalization as a cultural and critical concept from a Chinese perspective. In this collection of papers he describes the Chinese cultural and intellectual strategy toward globalization, its relationship to translation studies, and its impact on Chinese literature. He describes the popularity of English, the move away from colonialism in Chinese critical discourse, and the transition of translation to a science. By way of example he also offers two unique critical papers, one on how the work of Whitman relates to modern Chinese literature, and the other on the translation and reception of the works of Ibsen in China. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR