Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature最新文献

"The City’s Charms and Challenges" by P K Leung (translation) "城市的魅力与挑战》，P K Leung 译

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.56

Chris Song

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Hong Kong literature at its crossroads 处于十字路口的香港文学

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.40

Jennifer Wong

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Hong Kong Writing Today: Cantonese, Polyglossia and the Postcolonial Condition 今日香港写作：粤语、多语种与后殖民状况

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.41

Gregory Lee

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Cosmopolitan Hybridity, Cultural Memory and Curation in Hong Kong Poetry 香港诗歌中的大都会混合性、文化记忆和策划

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.43

Antony Huen, Felix Chow

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The Trope of Life in Hong Kong Poetry: Realism, Survival, and Shenghuohua 香港诗歌中的生命主题：现实主义、生存与盛荷花

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.45

Chris Song

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(Un)translatable Identities: Dialogic Monolingualism in Wong Bik-wan’s ‘Nausea’ (无法翻译的身份：黄碧云《恶心》中的对话单语主义

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.46

Yee Kwan Wong

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Hong Kong Scholar’s Troubled Identity in Dorothy Tse’s Owlish 谢萝茜《猫头鹰》中香港学者的困扰身份

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.42

Roman Lashin

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Book Review on Xiangjiang Shentan Fu Er, Zi Mosi 香江神探福邇，字摩斯 [The Great Hongkong Detective], by Trevor Morris 特雷弗-莫里斯《湘江神探福邇，字摩斯》书评

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.52

Mei-yi Kuo

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A Companion to Where Else, Hong Kong Literature’s newest addition; interviews with contributors 香港文学》最新增刊《何处》的随笔；撰稿人访谈录

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.47

Elizabeth Chung

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Hong Kong Poets and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Literary Genre 香港诗人与世界性文学流派的形成

Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.22599/wcj.44

Christopher Tong

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