Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954

GU Jun

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

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GU Jun. Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 281-300. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

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GU Jun. Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 281-300. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

GU Jun. Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 281-300. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

Citation:

GU Jun. Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 281-300. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

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Lu Xun's Fiction in the English World, 1926-1954

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214203

GU Jun^,

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Received Date: 2020-09-03
Rev Recd Date: 2021-01-12

Abstract

Abstract

As the founding father of modern Chinese literature,Lu Xun was one of the first modern authors to be translated into foreign languages,and his works have been published in numerous English versions.This paper will focus on these early English translations,from The True Story of Ah Q(1926)to Selected Stories of Lu Hsun(1954).From 1926 to 1954,most of Lu Xun's short stories were translated into English at least once,with"Kong Yiji"being rendered in as many as four different versions.The translators of those stories may be divided roughly into three categories:Western Sinologists such as George A.Kennedy and E. H. F. Mills,overseas Chinese translators such as Chi-Chen Wang of Columbia University,and local Chinese translators such as Feng Yu-sing.This paper will compare their respective translations,in terms of selection,language,and reception,with special attention to historically neglected pieces.
- Lu Xun,
- fiction,
- English translation,
- modern Chinese literature

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