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PROF Wen-Chin Ouyang's Outputs (128)

Mapping the Migrant City: Presentations of the Migrant Experience in the Contemporary European Novel 1995-2015 (2019)
Thesis
Grahl, F. Mapping the Migrant City: Presentations of the Migrant Experience in the Contemporary European Novel 1995-2015. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is a comparative investigation into contemporary novels of migration to three European capital cities: London, Paris and Rome. It uses a range of approaches to analyse the tripartite relationship between the novel, the city and the lived... Read More about Mapping the Migrant City: Presentations of the Migrant Experience in the Contemporary European Novel 1995-2015.

Solomon's Ring (2017)
Book Chapter
Ouyang, W.-C. (2017). Solomon's Ring. In N. Al-Shaar (Ed.), The Qur'an and Adab: the Shaping of Literary Traditions in Classical Islam (433-471). Oxford University Press

صداقة الرجال والأخوّة في الثقافتين العربية والصينية / Male Friendship and Brotherhood in Arabic and Chinese Cultures (2015)
Journal Article
Ouyang, W.-C. (2015). صداقة الرجال والأخوّة في الثقافتين العربية والصينية / Male Friendship and Brotherhood in Arabic and Chinese Cultures. Alif: maǧallaẗ al-balāġaẗ al-muqāranaẗ, 36, 145-172

This article explores the relationship between friendship and brotherhood and unpacks their twining in the literary imaginary in a comparative study of Arabic and Chinese writings. The purpose is to consider the efficacy of East-East comparative stud... Read More about صداقة الرجال والأخوّة في الثقافتين العربية والصينية / Male Friendship and Brotherhood in Arabic and Chinese Cultures.

Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue (2015)
Book Chapter
Ouyang, W.-C. (2015). Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue. In F. Bauden (Ed.), Tropics of Travel 4: Homes. Proceedings of the International Conference Organized at the Université de Liège (13-15 January 2011) (89-108). Peeters

An entire chapter on homecoming distinguishes Rifa‘a Rafi‘ al-Tahtawi’s (1801-1873) famous travelogue written in Paris, Takhlis al-ibriz fi talkhis baris, from a majority of Arabic travel writing, which is always seemingly more preoccupied with reco... Read More about Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue.