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Differences and Analogies: Chinese Diasporic Literature

verfasst von : Weiwei Shen

Erschienen in: Deutsch-Chinesische Perspektiven interkultureller Kommunikation und Kompetenz

Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Abstract

Since most Chinese immigrants who have come from China and spread around the world, moving from the center to the periphery, they are often called diaspora and their writings have formed “diasporic literature.” This paper seeks to map a considerable scope and a field for a research continuum building on the methods and paradigms for Chinese diasporic literature. The literary landscape and diasporic history will be also analyzed in the paper, which suggests a substantial field of diasporic literature clearly seems to have been developing, with related themes and examples of intercultural communication.

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Titel: Differences and Analogies: Chinese Diasporic Literature
verfasst von: Weiwei Shen
Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Buch: Deutsch-Chinesische Perspektiven interkultureller Kommunikation und Kompetenz
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-40763-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-40764-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40764-3_15