Title: Studying from Source Text and Identifying Literary Talent in Popular Fiction: On the Idea of Patrick Hanan’s Creating by the Other with Textual Research

Abstract: Many articles about English translation of Chinese literature focus on the translation rather than the translator. Researchers pay less attention to the sinologist’s life and enlightenment from his study and translations of Chinese literature. Patrick Hanan, a famous expert in Chinese classical novels, had devoted his life to the study of Chinese literature. His works, such as The Chinese Vernacular Story, The Invention of Li Yu and The Rise of Modern Chinese Novels, are unique in attention to textuel and narrative style, providing a new perspective for the study of Chinese literature. He translated nine romantic novels and presented the historical value of non-mainstream literature. Through the study of his life and works, the paper points out that we should learn from the successful experience of sinologists in spreading Chinese literature, and promote overseas Chinese literature and culture.

Keywords: Patrick Hanan, the Other, textual research, Chinese literature going global

Author: Yuting Ren, Foreign Languages College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.