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題名 George Orwell`s Vision of China: From Beastly Tea to Sickly Rice-Spirit
作者 Vynckier, Henk
貢獻者 文山評論：文學與文化
關鍵詞 George Orwell; the Western imaginary of China; Burmese Days; Nineteen Eighty-Four; Orwell`s reception in China; Orwellian China
日期 2018-12
上傳時間 29-Mar-2019 15:11:56 (UTC+8)
摘要 This study examines Orwell`s vision of China from his first novel Burmese Days (1933) to his final novel Nineteen Eighty- Four (1949) and argues that Orwell`s presentation of China/Chinese-ness proceeded through three stages. As a child and teenager growing up in the opening decades of the twentieth century, he encountered a late-Victorian Orientalist China which proliferated in music hall shows, colonial exhibitions, boys` adventure magazines, and other aspects of the popular culture, and he documented these stereotypical representations in his essays and other non-fiction prose writings. Later, during his five years in Burma from 1922-27, he acquired a more informed understanding of China and Chinese culture, and he continued to add to his knowledge following his return from the East through readings and personal contacts with Chinese intellectuals and British China experts. Finally, during the last decade of his career when he emerged as an influential political writer and public intellectual, he became interested in China as a geopolitical concept. This resulted in the vision of Eastasia as a global power in his last novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Throughout this study, the importance of this theme as an interesting barometer of Orwell`s maturation as a writer is emphasized.
關聯 文山評論：文學與文化, 12(1), pp.103-125
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.30395/WSR.201812_12(1).0005
dc.contributor 文山評論：文學與文化
dc.creator (作者) Vynckier, Henk
dc.date (日期) 2018-12
dc.date.accessioned 29-Mar-2019 15:11:56 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 29-Mar-2019 15:11:56 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 29-Mar-2019 15:11:56 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/122738-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study examines Orwell`s vision of China from his first novel Burmese Days (1933) to his final novel Nineteen Eighty- Four (1949) and argues that Orwell`s presentation of China/Chinese-ness proceeded through three stages. As a child and teenager growing up in the opening decades of the twentieth century, he encountered a late-Victorian Orientalist China which proliferated in music hall shows, colonial exhibitions, boys` adventure magazines, and other aspects of the popular culture, and he documented these stereotypical representations in his essays and other non-fiction prose writings. Later, during his five years in Burma from 1922-27, he acquired a more informed understanding of China and Chinese culture, and he continued to add to his knowledge following his return from the East through readings and personal contacts with Chinese intellectuals and British China experts. Finally, during the last decade of his career when he emerged as an influential political writer and public intellectual, he became interested in China as a geopolitical concept. This resulted in the vision of Eastasia as a global power in his last novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Throughout this study, the importance of this theme as an interesting barometer of Orwell`s maturation as a writer is emphasized.
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dc.relation (關聯) 文山評論：文學與文化, 12(1), pp.103-125
dc.subject (關鍵詞) George Orwell; the Western imaginary of China; Burmese Days; Nineteen Eighty-Four; Orwell`s reception in China; Orwellian China
dc.title (題名) George Orwell`s Vision of China: From Beastly Tea to Sickly Rice-Spirit
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.30395/WSR.201812_12(1).0005
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.30395/WSR.201812_12(1).0005