THE STATE’S ROLE IN “WORLDING” A POPULAR NATIONAL GENRE: THE CASE OF CHINA AND LIU CIXIN

• Authors: Huang Tao
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article investigates the transnational publishing field of Liu Cixin’s science fiction and his road to consecration in the U.S. literary market. By adopting Pascale Casanova’s mapping of the international literary field and Pierre Bourdieu’s categorization of capital, this study analyses how the state, in its incarnated form of a state-owned publisher, has mobilized the economic, cultural, and social capital of the agents in the field, which eventually helps the author cross over the linguistic-literary gap. In the process, the state shows its potential as a propellant for “worlding” a popular literary genre.

Keywords

EN

CAPITAL; TRANSLATION; STATE; LIU CIXIN; PUBLISHING FIELD; CHINA

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 62 – 72

Contributors

author

Huang Tao

• School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Room 813, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Pokfulam Hong Kong, China

• https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1280-6250

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2023.15.3.6