The Arabian Nights in Chinese and English Translations: Differing Patterns of Cultural Encounter and World Literature

Ouyang, Wen-Chin

Abstract

By bringing in different degrees of circulation in different regions and languages, this collection shows that while literary centers do exist in what Pascale Casanova calls “the international literary space,” their power does not operate unilaterally and modes of intercultural circulation do exist beyond their control. The title World Literature in Motion highlights the fact that world literature is always already the product of certain modes of conceptual and material mobility and mediation.

Citation

Ouyang, W.-C. (2020). The Arabian Nights in Chinese and English Translations: Differing Patterns of Cultural Encounter and World Literature. In F. D. Shi, & G. G. Tan (Eds.), World Literature in Motion: Institution, Recognition, Location (433-472). ibidem-Verlag

• Publication Date: Apr 23, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2020
• Pages: 433-472
• Series Title: Studies in World Literature
• Book Title: World Literature in Motion: Institution, Recognition, Location
• ISBN: 9783838211633