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SUMMARY:How to Become a Cosmopolitan: Learning French in Shanghai, 1904-1924
DESCRIPTION:\nCosmopolitanism arguably begins in language: If linguistic
incommensurability represents radical alterity\, an acute threat to sub
jectivity\, then interlingual communication establishes the possibility
of transcending boundaries&mdash\;cultural\, national\, but also persona
l and intimate. This presentation examines the first two generations of
Francophile writers and intellectuals in China and asks: How did young C
hinese in the early twentieth century acquire the linguistic competence
that allowed them to translate French literature\, to go study in Paris\
, and to mingle with French authors of their day? Language as\, simultan
eously\, a precondition for and a site of cosmopolitan practice constitu
tes an entry point for understanding the pathways of literary cosmopolit
anism in modern China.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ev
ent/how_to_become_a_cosmopolitan_learning_french_in_shanghai_1904-1924/
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arguably begins in language: If linguistic incommensurability represent
s radical alterity, an acute threat to subjectivity, then interlingual c
ommunication establishes the possibility of transcending boundaries&mdas
h;cultural, national, but also personal and intimate. This presentation
examines the first two generations of Francophile writers and intellectu
als in China and asks: How did young Chinese in the early twentieth cent
ury acquire the linguistic competence that allowed them to translate Fre
nch literature, to go study in Paris, and to mingle with French authors
of their day? Language as, simultaneously, a precondition for and a site
of cosmopolitan practice constitutes an entry point for understanding t
he pathways of literary cosmopolitanism in modern China.
For more
details: https://events.la.psu.edu
/event/how_to_become_a_cosmopolitan_learning_french_in_shanghai_1904-192
4/
LOCATION:124 Sparks Building
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