How Long to Read The Making of Barbarians

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of Barbarians?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read The Making of Barbarians by Haun Saussy

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A groundbreaking account of translation and identity in the Chinese literary tradition before 1850—with important ramifications for today Debates on the canon, multiculturalism, and world literature often take Eurocentrism as the target of their critique. But literature is a universe with many centers, and one of them is China. The Making of Barbarians offers an account of world literature in which China, as center, produces its own margins. Here Sinologist and comparatist Haun Saussy investigates the meanings of literary translation, adaptation, and appropriation on the boundaries of China long before it came into sustained contact with the West. When scholars talk about comparative literature in Asia, they tend to focus on translation between European languages and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, as practiced since about 1900. In contrast, Saussy focuses on the period before 1850, when the translation of foreign works into Chinese was rare because Chinese literary tradition overshadowed those around it. The Making of Barbarians looks closely at literary works that were translated into Chinese from foreign languages or resulted from contact with alien peoples. The book explores why translation was such an undervalued practice in premodern China, and how this vast and prestigious culture dealt with those outside it before a new group of foreigners—Europeans—appeared on the horizon.

How long is The Making of Barbarians?

The Making of Barbarians by Haun Saussy is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of Barbarians Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Making of Barbarians aloud.

What Reading Level is The Making of Barbarians?

The Making of Barbarians is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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