Convergence Between Literatures: A Collection of Comparative Literature Essays by Wang Zuoliang

Author: Wang Zuoliang
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Literary Affinities: Selected Essays on Comparative Literature by Wang Zuoliang is a collection of 15 essays by the renowned scholar Wang Zuoliang from the 20th century, who achieved remarkable accomplishments in multiple fields, with comparative literature being one of them. This anthology features 15 essays selected from Wang’s works on comparative literature, divided into two parts. The first part, "On Affinities," includes 8 essays that primarily explore the relationship between Chinese and Western literature in the 20th century, with a particular focus on modernism in Chinese new poetry. The second part collects 7 essays by Wang on translation, including comparisons and evaluations of translators, reviews and analyses of modern translation theories, and an examination of the relationship between language and culture in translation. Wang’s essays are both grand in scope and meticulous in detail, serving as a model work in the study of comparative literature.