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Gender in Literary Translation

Part of the book series: Corpora and Intercultural Studies ((COINST,volume 3))

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It is hardly a coincidence that the period which saw the development of feminist and then gender studies also witnessed a remarkable growth in translation studies.

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    This example is discussed in details in Li (2012).

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    Named after the renowned Chinese writer Mr. Mao Dun, the prize was set up in 1981 to honor the most excellent Chinese novels every four years in mainland China.

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Meng, L. (2019). Literature Review. In: Gender in Literary Translation. Corpora and Intercultural Studies, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3720-8_2

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