Lu Xun and World Literature

In Lu Xun and World Literature, Xiaolu Ma, Carlos Rojas, and other contributors examine various aspects of Lu Xun, who is known as the father of modern Chinese literature. Essays in this book focus on Lu Xun s works in relation to the notions of world literature and processes of literary worlding. The contributors offer detailed analyses of Lu Xun s own literary oeuvre and of foreign works that engage with his writings.This volume also focuses on many facets of the publication and dissemination of Lu Xun s works ,from printing and binding to the discussions and debates that followed their release in China and abroad. This book not only makes an important contribution to the field of Lu Xun studies, but also proposes a reexamination of the category of world literature.