China as dystopia: Cultural imaginings through translation

• Published in: Translation studies Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 251 - 268
• Main Author: Lee, Tong King
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.09.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anglophones; Censorship; Chinese languages; cultural politics; Culture; Discourse analysis; Knowledge; Literary translation; Mo Yan (1956- ); paratext; Readership; Reception; Semiotics; translated Chinese literature; Translations; Yan Lianke; China

This article explores how China is represented in English translations of contemporary Chinese literature. It seeks to uncover the discourses at work in framing this literature for reception by an anglophone readership, and to suggest how these discourses dovetail with meta-narratives on China circu...