Dear MCLC List members,
I am pleased to announce that Chinese Literature Today 7.1 (2018) is now available on the Routledge website (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uclt20/current).
Ping Zhu, Deputy Editor in Chief, Chinese Literature Today
SPECIAL FOCUS ON CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION
Part I: FEATURED AUTHOR: Han Song
4 Introduction, by Nathaniel Isaacson
6 The Great Wall, by Han Song
12 The Fundamental Nature of the Universe, by Han Song
16 Earth Is Flat, by Han Song
20 Science Fiction and the Avant-Garde Spirit: An Interview with Han Song, by Chiara Cigarini
23 Evolution or Samsara?: Spatio-Temporal Myth in Han Song’s Science Fiction, by Wang Yao
28 Eerie Parables and Prophecies: An Analysis of Han Song’s Science Fiction, by Li Guangyi
33 Han Song and the Dream of Reason, by Carlos Rojas
Part II: CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION: Voices from the Cybernetic House
42 Introduction, by Nathaniel Isaacson
44 A Very Brief History of Chinese Science Fiction, by Wu Yan and Yao Jianbin
54 Interpreting Folding Beijing through the Prism of Science Fiction Realism, by Ren Dongmei
58 Chinese People Not Only Live in the World but Grow in the Universe: Liu Cixin and Chinese Science Fiction, by Jia Liyuan,
SPECIAL SECTION: Chinese American Poet and Writer Wang Ping
62 Introduction 64 Married to Rivers: An Interview with Wang Ping, by Xin Yang
70 Sky Earth Human: Five Poems, by Wang Ping
76 Feet, Hands, and Scaffold: Memories from a Footbinder’s Granddaughter, by Wang Ping
83 Dusk: Eighteen Poems, by Yang Jian, translated by Wang Ping and Alex Lemon
SHORT FICTION FROM TIBET
98 Life in the Shadows, by Lhasham Gyal
CINEMA SECTION: The Spectral Space beyond Borders in Recent Chinese Films
106 Introduction, by Zhuoyi Wang
107 The Human and the Beast: Humanity, Animality, and Cultural Critique in Contemporary Chinese Cinema, by Yanhong Zhu
118 Transforming the Liminal Hero: Border-Crossing Interconnections in The Taking of Tiger Mountain and Its Textual Pedigree, by Zhuoyi Wang
FEATURED SCHOLAR: Carlos Rojas
129 Introduction 131 Reflections on Concepts, Categories, and Fuzzy Boundaries: An Interview with Carlos Rojas, by Ji Jin
143 “Tell My Mother I’m Sorry”: On Chinese as a Minor Discourse, by Carlos Rojas
153 Chinese Literature in Review
164 Pacific Bridge