An Investigation on the Effects of Chinese Contemporary Literature in the English-Speaking World and Its Implications——Taking Zhang Ling's A Single Swallow as an Exemplar
A Single Swallow,written by Zhang Ling,a writer of Chinese origin,has been ranked third in Amazon's"Best Sellers in Chinese Literature"within one year of its publication.Starting with reader comments,this paper investigates the dissemination effect of A Single Swallow in the English-speaking world by the methods of data mining and text analysis,and finds that it can bring enlightenment to the promotion of overseas influence of Chinese contemporary literature in the new era of globalization.This paper concludes that the three dimensions overseas readers show the greatest concern over are plot,narrative techniques and translation quality of the novel.Therefore,the overseas publishing and communication of Chinese contemporary literature in the future should take the story plot as the base,the narrative technique as the key,and the translation and publication as the aim.
contemporary Chinese literatureoverseas disseminationreaders'receptionA Single Swallow
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