RETHINKING SINO-FRENCH DIASPORA FROM CROSS-CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW

Authors

  • Wen-Hui Chang Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Studies, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejlll.v5i1.256

Keywords:

Chinese self-image, cross-cultural study, diaspora, memory, Sino-French identity

Abstract

The paper aims to re-think the similar and contrasted parts of contemporary Sino-French diaspora through the extended perspective of Chinese self-image from the methodology of comparative literature, by analyzing the Post-colonialism and Marginal Discourse to Diaspora Discourse. How these diaspora writers/artists both acknowledge and challenge the attachment/memory in a diaspora framework as their cross-cultural identities? How the identity intended to eliminate the concept of national borders? How the identity by describing the cross-cultural elements to carry out the dual identities of Sino/ French?

Author Biography

  • Wen-Hui Chang, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Studies, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
    Wen-Hui Chang is Assistant Professor of Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Studies at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taoyuan, Taiwan. A specialist on Chinese-French Writers and Artists in the modern era, cross-cultural study, and diaspora discourse, she has published “Les images françaises dans la littérature franco-chinoise: En commençant par Ki-tong Tcheng”, in Romance Notes, and some papers with high citations.

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Published

2021-05-27

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021)

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Articles