Traditional Chinese Fiction in the English-Speaking World: Transcultural and Translingual Encounters (Chinese Literature and Culture in the World)

1. Introduction

2. Chapter 1: Hau Kiou Choaan: Encyclopedic Novel, Print Culture, and the Knowledge about China

2.1 Hau Kiou Choaan and the Eighteenth-century British fiction

2.2 Encyclopedic Novel

2.3 The Fictional Narrative vs. An Encyclopedic Description of China

3.1 The Premises of Statistical Analysis

3.2 The Trends from 1810 to 1859: The Translations of Romantic Fiction and Historical Fiction

4. Chapter 3: Image of China in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Pseudotranslation, Chinese Stories, and Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures

4.1 Pseudotranslation, Images of China, and Traditional Chinese Fiction

4.2 Chinese Stories: Constructing China as Similar but Inferior

4.3 Transcreation, Modernist Movement, and Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures

5. Chapter 4: How Traditional Chinese Fiction Entered World Literature Anthologies

5.1 The Lack of Traditional Chinese Fiction in World Literature Anthologies Published Prior to 1940

5.2 Traditional Chinese Fiction and the System of World Literature Anthologies

5.3 Traditional Chinese Fiction Finding Its Place in World Literature Anthologies

6. Chapter 5: Researching Traditional Chinese Fiction in the English-speaking World: Translations and Critiques of Jin Ping Mei

6.1 Translations and JPM Criticisms from the 1940s to the 1960s

6.2 The Birth of The Plum as a Response to JPM Critiques

7. Conclusion