Translation of Taiwanese Literature in Vietnam: From regional literature to native literature

Title

Translation of Taiwanese Literature in Vietnam: From regional literature to native literature

Author

Thu Hien NGUYEN

Page

183-201

DOI

10.6163/TJEAS.202012_17(2).0006

Abstract

Culture is the soul of a nation and literature can shed light on the understanding of a nation’s culture. This paper focuses on the translation of Taiwanese literary and historical literary works in Vietnam, and how it has shifted the Vietnamese readers’ perception of Taiwanese literature. Previously, Taiwanese culture and literature were only vaguely perceived, and often viewed as regional literature by Vietnamese readers. However, Taiwanese literature has been increasingly translated in Vietnam in the recent years. This gradually shifts the Vietnamese readers' perception of Taiwanese culture, bolstering their understanding of Taiwan’s native literature. With the increasing presence of translated literary works in Vietnam, the culturally distinct native spirit embodied in Taiwanese literature has attracted the attention of Vietnamese readers. As such, Taiwanese literature is being recognized as an independent literary entity in Vietnam. On this basis, we anticipate that Taiwanese culture and literature will become an important research topic in the Vietnamese literary academia that is worth exploring.

Keyword

Taiwanese literature, Vietnamese, translation, native literature, regional literature

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