Manhua Modernity review
MCLC Resource Center is pleased to announce publication of Paul Bevan’s review of Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn, by John A. Crespi. The review appears below and at its online...
View ArticleSubjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction review
MCLC Resource Center is pleased to announce publication of Yunzhong Shu’s review of Subjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction: Hu Feng and Lu Ling, by Xiaoping Wang. The review appears below...
View ArticleSubjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction review (1)
Dear Colleagues, I read Prof. Yunzhong Shu’s review of my monograph, and I would like to thank him for offering the review and I welcome the critique. I would like to provide some feedback. Firstly, I...
View ArticleSubjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction review (2)
As I read Subjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction: Hu Feng and Lu Ling, I had the impression that the writing, reviewing and production of the book were all done in haste. Professor Wang...
View ArticleA Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
New Publication: A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On Dung Kai-cheung. Translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Anders Hansson Columbia University Press Dung Kai-cheung’s A Catalog of Such Stuff...
View ArticleSubjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction review (3)
This is my short reply to Yunzhong Shu’s inquiry: I studied both Hu Feng and Lu Ling at that time. It’s not necessary to tell the whole process of how and when I sought its publication, save for the...
View ArticleThe rise of Chinese nonfiction
Source: Sixth Tone (3/16/22) From Soundbites to Deep Dives: The Rise of Chinese Nonfiction Dutch researcher Tabitha Speelman shares her observations on China’s nonfiction boom. Interviewers: Xue...
View ArticleDigital Identities in China–cfp
CFP: Digital Identities in China, a special issue of Chinese Literature and Thought Today (CLTT)* Guest-edited by Dr. Paul J. D’Ambrosio From award winning science fiction writers to the most unified...
View ArticleChen Qiufan on how Chinese science fiction imagines the future (1)
Previously announced on the MCLC LIST, here’s the video of Chen Qiufuan’s recent lecture: “How Chinese Science Fiction Imagines Our Future”:
View ArticlePaper Republic newsletter 13
Happy Friday y’all! This issue comes with a set of brilliant answers to questions we put to three Chinese-Spanish translators, as a continuation of our previous collab with their respective translator...
View ArticleACCL new web address
Dear list members, The Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature (ACCL) has a new home on the Internet. Our new web address is: https://www.chineseandcomparativelit.org/ The website contains...
View ArticleYan Lianke on mythorealism
Source: Literary Hub (5/23/22) How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own Yan Lianke on the Concept of “Mythorealism” By Yan Lianke; translated by Carlos Rojas A Simple...
View ArticleJia Pingwa ‘Broken Wings’
MCLC members might be interested in this event, featuring the great Nicky Harman and Zhang Lijia: Readers Club (May): Jia Pingwa – Broken Wings Join us for a discussion about the issues faced by...
View ArticleFlowers of Lhasa
I am pleased to announce the publication of my translation of Flowers of Lhasa by Tsering Yangkyi. The novel, highly popular in Tibet, is a major milestone for Tibetan feminist writing, and is also one...
View ArticleMo Yan Speaks review
Source: LA Review of Books (5/31/22) Uncle Tall Tale: On “Mo Yan Speaks: Lectures and Speeches by the Nobel Laureate from China” By Astrid Møller-Olsen ALTHOUGH MO YAN’S claim to fame is undoubtedly as...
View ArticleLiu Yifei stars in A Dream of Spendor
Source: China Daily (6/6/22) Actress Liu Yifei shows off tea acrobatics in her latest outing By Xu Fan A Dream of Splendor [梦华录], marking A-list star Liu Yifei’s [刘亦菲] return to the historic theme, has...
View ArticleIn conversation with Mukaddas Mijit
Source: Screen Worlds (nd) In Conversation with Mukaddas Mijit What can mainstream filmmakers do to listen better to creators from colonised worlds? Mukaddas Mijit discusses Uyghur cultural expression...
View ArticleDickinson College visiting position
Dickinson College – Visiting Assistant Professor in Chinese Language The Department of East Asian Studies at Dickinson College invites applications for a visiting assistant professor position in...
View ArticleClassicism in Digital Times symposium
Harvard-Frankfurt-Lingnan Symposium Classicism in Digital Times: Textual Production as Cultural Remembrance in the Sinophone Cyberspace Date & Time: June 10, 2022 (15-18:00 CET; 21-24:00 Taipei;...
View ArticlePaper Republic newsletter 14
Folks, not to brag, but I’ve all but stopped using social media for a month now (by circumstance rather than by choice) and it’s been a lovely holiday for the mind. It also means, in case you’re...
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