Repositioning William Wordsworth in contemporary China

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Neohelicon

Publication Date

12-2011

Volume

38

Issue

2

First Page

419

Last Page

426

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado Rt.

Keywords

Wordsworth, Romanticism, May 4th Movement, Nature poems, Eco-criticism

Abstract

In the past decade or so, we have seen numerous academic conferences on English studies whose objective is to reflect upon how English as a self-renewing and ever changing subject adapts to very different environments in which it finds itself. One interesting example of such adaptation comes from, to put it in the words of Roshni Mooneeram, “refiguring ways of teaching the discipline in a Chinese cultural context.” (http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk). The present essay, of course, does not attempt to cover the entire gamut of English studies in China; rather, its discussion will be confined to the Chinese re-appropriation of William Wordsworth for its new social cause of environmental protection.

DOI

10.1007/s11059-011-0106-9

Print ISSN

03244652

E-ISSN

15882810

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2011 Springer Netherlands

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Ding, E. (2011). Repositioning William Wordsworth in contemporary China. Neohelicon, 38(2), 419-426. doi: 10.1007/s11059-011-0106-9

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