Star effect and indirect capital preponderance

A case study of The Three-Body Trilogy

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ID21244080
AuthorsGaosheng Deng (0000-0002-9861-7417, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia), Sang Seong Goh (Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Year2022
Volume8
Issue2
Pages186-205
Publication date2022-07-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTranslation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2352-1805 • E-ISSN: 2352-1813
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ttmc.00091.den
OpenAlexW4281735793
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

China is vigorously promoting Chinese culture to going global by actively translating Chinese literary works through various translation projects. Now, though, the effect of overseas dissemination of Chinese literature is not significant, readers are still within a limited range of universities, research institutions, etc. The Three-Body Trilogy is an exception, for it is not only the best-selling translation of Chinese literature on Amazon, but also the best in terms of English media attention. Numerous academic studies have examined the direct support of capital advantages of authors, translators and publishers, but limited attention has been given to the indirect capital preponderances of star effects. Framed within a sociological perspective, this study explores the positive role played by the social, cultural and symbolic capital in the dissemination and reception of The Three-Body Trilogy

Art · Art history · China · Cultural capital · Media studies · Political science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic capital · Trilogy · Visual arts · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Translation Studies and Practices

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