Variation Theory and the Reception of Chinese Literature in the English-speaking World

Abstract

In his article Variation Theory and the Reception of Chinese Literature in the Englishspeaking World Shunqing Cao introduces he developed and suggests that the framework can be applied in studying the dissemination and reception of Chinese literature in the English-speaking world. Cao argues that cultural and literary differences produce variations in literary exchanges among different cultures and variation theory concentrates on these variations. With unique perspectives on variation in translation, cultural misreading, and domestication, variation theory is a useful theoretical framework and methodology for the study of the reception of Chinese literature in the English-speaking world. Shunqing Cao, Variation Theory and the Reception of Chinese Literature in the English-speaking World page 2 of 9 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 17.1 (2015): Thematic Issue The Study of Chinese Literature in the Anglophone World. Ed. Shunqing Cao