About the Book:

A value system in constant change; a longing for stability amid uncertainties about the future; a new consciousness about the unlimited challenges and aspirations in modern life: these are themes in modern Chinese literature that attract the attention of overseas readers as well as its domestic audience. They also provide Chinese and foreign literary researchers with complex questions about human life and achievements that search beyond national identities for global interaction and exchange. This volume presents ten outstanding essays by Chinese and European scholars who have undertaken such exchange for the purpose of examining the individual and society in modern Chinese literature.

About the Editor:

Artur K. Wardega, S.J. (万德化) is Director of the Macau Ricci Institute in Macau, China and specializes in 20th century Chinese and French literatures. He has written several articles published in 神州交流 Chinese Cross Currents and in scholarly journals in China and abroad. His recent publications in Chinese include a trilingual book entitled The technique of mise en abyme as employed in André Gide’s The Counterfeiters (Central Compilation & Translation Press, Beijing, 2007) and French translation of the novel 笠山农场 Li Shan Nongchang by 钟理和 Zhong Lihe (1915-1960), under the title La Ferme du Mont Li (Artois Presses Université, Arras, 2009).