Ezra Pound's The River Merchant's Wife

"Representations of a Decontextualized "Chineseness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4960465
AutoresTang Jun (0000-0003-2624-9464, Southeast University, autor correspondente), Jun Tang (0000-0001-9425-8317, Southeast University, Nanjing, China)
Ano2012
Volume56
Fascículo3
Páginas526-537
Data de publicação2012-03-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMeta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421
EditoraConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1008331ar
OpenAlexW2087900912
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas4

This article provides a detailed comparison of various interpretations of The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter presented by Western scholars and the widely-recognized interpretation in the field of classical Chinese studies concerning its Chinese source text Changgan Xing. Analyzing the discrepancies between the two texts from a cross-cultural perspective, this article argues that The River Merchant's Wife has produced a decontextualized "Chineseness" by using Japanized romanizations, manipulating cultural details, and changing the original messages. Consequently, Ezra Pound's rewriting and manipulation have induced misunderstandings regarding the Chinese source text and have reinforced stereotypical preconceptions of gender image and married life in ancient China

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