Western Theory in East Asian Contexts: Translation and Transtextual Rewriting

by Leo Tak-Hung Chan

Book Overview

Literatures, Cultures, Translation presents a new line of books that engage central issues in translation studies such as history, politics, and gender in and of literary translation.

This is a culturally situated study of the interface between three forms of transtextual rewriting: translation, adaptation and imitation. Two questions are raised: first, how a broader rubric can be formulated for the inclusion of the latter two forms within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501327828
• ISBN13: 9781501327827
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"