Books by Sabina Knight
Sabina Knight (桑稟華) is author of Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction (2012, translated into three languages) and The Heart of Time: Moral Agency in Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction (2006). She is Professor of Chinese and World Literatures at Smith College. Her current projects consider the politics of translation, non-Han literatures, and media of dissent.
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by Sabina Knight
Part of the Very Short Introductions series
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Sabina Knight, a Professor of Chinese and World Literatures at Smith College, is a great way of getting an overview of Chinese literary traditions. It opens with Zhuangzi in 4th-3rd century BCE, discussing whether or not one could know if a fish is happy, to the post-Mao era 'scar literature' and an overview of contemporary writing.
Interviews with Sabina Knight
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Taipei People
by Pai Hsien-yung -
2
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan
by Ann Carver (editor) & Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang (editor) -
3
Exiles at Home: Stories
by Ch'en Ying-chen -
4
The Taste of Apples
by Huang Chun-ming -
5
Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan
by Fran Martin (translator)
Short Stories from Taiwan, recommended by Sabina Knight
Short Stories from Taiwan, recommended by Sabina Knight
With careful literary crafting, Taiwan’s writers have told the complex story of their country since World War II. Sabina Knight, a professor at Smith College and author of Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction, recommends five of her favourite short story collections.
