Part I: Case Studies······································································································ 1
Eileen Chang and Her “Indifference” ··········································································2
On Pai Lok’s Art of Novel Writing ············································································· 8
Jasmine Garland -- Reading the Prose of Thai-Chinese female writer Monli······················· 19
The Mirror of the Artistic Soul: A Review of Thai-Chinese Writer Sima Gong’s Essays········· 27
Sculpting the Soul and Humanity: A Study of Sima Gong’s Flash Fiction ··························· 35
Song of the Singer — Preface to Ridges and Peaks in Shifting Perspectives·························· 42
A Splendid Poetic Realm Rooted in National Culture — Reading Hong Kong Poet Qin
Lingxue’s New Collection The Silent Moon ··································································46
Poetic Sentiment, Literary Ingenuity and Historical Insight -- Reading Zeng Minzhi’s Essays·51
From Traditional Scholarship to Overseas Sinology: Reflections on Professor Jao Tsung-i’s
Scholarly Methodology ···························································································54
Reading Zhang Ling’s Gold Mountain Blues································································60
The Artistic Features of Li Yan’s Daughters of the Red Land ············································64
Part II: Regional Interpretations···················································································· 69
First Impressions on Thai-Chinese Literature ······························································70
Exotic Blooms in Foreign Lands —A Glimpse into Chinese Literature in Southeast Asia ······· 73
Sino-Thai Cultural Integration and Characteristics of Thai-Chinese Literature ···················79
The “Royal Court Model” of Cultural Influence --- The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in
Thailand ·············································································································87
Cultural Ethos of Filipino-Chinese Women Writers······················································ 94
That Particular Landscape —My Perspective on European Chinese Literature ················· 103
Two Issues on Macao Culture ················································································· 110
Macao in Literature and Literature of Macao ···························································· 119
The Quest for “Roots”: An Unruly Theme in Macanese Literature ··································132
My Expectations for Macau Literature ·····································································141
Part III Poetic Explorations························································································· 145
Building a “World of Universal Harmony” for Chinese Literature Together — Preface to A
Dictionary of Chinese literature in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the overseas················· 146
Reflections on Overseas Chinese Literature Research in the 1990s·································· 151
The Significance of Naming Overseas Chinese Literature ············································· 158
Chinese Consciousness in Overseas Chinese Literature ················································ 173
Overseas Chinese Literature and Cultural Identity ····················································· 186
A Theoretical Perspective on Overseas Chinese Female Writers and Their Works·············· 198
Theoretical Construction and Methodological Issues of Overseas Chinese Literature ·········· 217
New Horizons in Overseas Chinese Literature ····························································225
Part IV Disciplinary Journeys······················································································ 232
Establishment of the China Association for World Chinese Literature and Overview of Its
Academic Development: An Address at the Inaugural Conference and Symposium ·············233
Overseas Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature ············································ 238
Toward a Poetics of Overseas Chinese Literature ························································248
The Significance of Overseas Chinese Literature in Comparative Literature ····················· 255
The Rise of Overseas Chinese Literature in Chinese Academia and its Significance:
Introduction to A Tutorial on Overseas Chinese Literature ············································· 264
The Studies of Overseas Chinese Literature in a Global Context ···································· 278
Problem Awareness, Case Studies and Synthesis of Cluster Knowledge--A Summary of the
National Doctoral Forum on Overseas Chinese Literature and Poetics·····························289
Overseas Chinese Literature in a Multicultural Perspective ·········································· 294
Appendix ·················································································································305
My Academic Affinities and Trajectories···································································306
Review of A Tutorial on Overseas Chinese Literature edited by Rao Pengzi and Yang Kuanghan
······················································································································· 322
Eileen Chang and Her “Indifference” ··········································································2
On Pai Lok’s Art of Novel Writing ············································································· 8
Jasmine Garland -- Reading the Prose of Thai-Chinese female writer Monli······················· 19
The Mirror of the Artistic Soul: A Review of Thai-Chinese Writer Sima Gong’s Essays········· 27
Sculpting the Soul and Humanity: A Study of Sima Gong’s Flash Fiction ··························· 35
Song of the Singer — Preface to Ridges and Peaks in Shifting Perspectives·························· 42
A Splendid Poetic Realm Rooted in National Culture — Reading Hong Kong Poet Qin
Lingxue’s New Collection The Silent Moon ··································································46
Poetic Sentiment, Literary Ingenuity and Historical Insight -- Reading Zeng Minzhi’s Essays·51
From Traditional Scholarship to Overseas Sinology: Reflections on Professor Jao Tsung-i’s
Scholarly Methodology ···························································································54
Reading Zhang Ling’s Gold Mountain Blues································································60
The Artistic Features of Li Yan’s Daughters of the Red Land ············································64
Part II: Regional Interpretations···················································································· 69
First Impressions on Thai-Chinese Literature ······························································70
Exotic Blooms in Foreign Lands —A Glimpse into Chinese Literature in Southeast Asia ······· 73
Sino-Thai Cultural Integration and Characteristics of Thai-Chinese Literature ···················79
The “Royal Court Model” of Cultural Influence --- The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in
Thailand ·············································································································87
Cultural Ethos of Filipino-Chinese Women Writers······················································ 94
That Particular Landscape —My Perspective on European Chinese Literature ················· 103
Two Issues on Macao Culture ················································································· 110
Macao in Literature and Literature of Macao ···························································· 119
The Quest for “Roots”: An Unruly Theme in Macanese Literature ··································132
My Expectations for Macau Literature ·····································································141
Part III Poetic Explorations························································································· 145
Building a “World of Universal Harmony” for Chinese Literature Together — Preface to A
Dictionary of Chinese literature in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the overseas················· 146
Reflections on Overseas Chinese Literature Research in the 1990s·································· 151
The Significance of Naming Overseas Chinese Literature ············································· 158
Chinese Consciousness in Overseas Chinese Literature ················································ 173
Overseas Chinese Literature and Cultural Identity ····················································· 186
A Theoretical Perspective on Overseas Chinese Female Writers and Their Works·············· 198
Theoretical Construction and Methodological Issues of Overseas Chinese Literature ·········· 217
New Horizons in Overseas Chinese Literature ····························································225
Part IV Disciplinary Journeys······················································································ 232
Establishment of the China Association for World Chinese Literature and Overview of Its
Academic Development: An Address at the Inaugural Conference and Symposium ·············233
Overseas Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature ············································ 238
Toward a Poetics of Overseas Chinese Literature ························································248
The Significance of Overseas Chinese Literature in Comparative Literature ····················· 255
The Rise of Overseas Chinese Literature in Chinese Academia and its Significance:
Introduction to A Tutorial on Overseas Chinese Literature ············································· 264
The Studies of Overseas Chinese Literature in a Global Context ···································· 278
Problem Awareness, Case Studies and Synthesis of Cluster Knowledge--A Summary of the
National Doctoral Forum on Overseas Chinese Literature and Poetics·····························289
Overseas Chinese Literature in a Multicultural Perspective ·········································· 294
Appendix ·················································································································305
My Academic Affinities and Trajectories···································································306
Review of A Tutorial on Overseas Chinese Literature edited by Rao Pengzi and Yang Kuanghan
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Xu Shuangru, professor at College of Foreign Studies, Jinan University, holding a Ph.D. in Literature. Her primary research focuses on comparative literature, ethnic American literature, and translation studies. She has published about 30 journal articles, 2 monographs and 3 book-length translations. Some of Professor Xu’s postgraduate and undergraduate students at the College of Foreign Studies, Jinan University, participated in the translation of the first draft. They are: Liu Xinyu, Zhu Wanying, Xu
Qijia, Qiu Siyi, Liu Yingyuan, Zheng Shiyue, Zhu Liluo, Zeng Jiayi, Jiang Jinjing, Zou Shiyan, Zhong
Xinyi, Huang Zhijun, Li Lin, Cao Wenjing.