Translation of Charles Baudelaire in China from 1949 to 1976

Jiyong Geng

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0995-5_11

Translation of Charles Baudelaire in China from 1949 to 1976

Jiyong Geng

Beijing Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Following the drastic changes in Chinese society and its ideology in 1949, modernist literature became taboo. But the translation, reading, and reception of Charles Baudelaire and his Flowers of Evil in China continued. By synthesizing the process of translating Baudelaire in China from 1949 to 1976, we can see the overt translation and rewrite of Baudelaire by Chen Jingrong and the Journal of Translation, the secret translation pioneered by Shi Zhecun and Qian Chunqi, and the popular underground reading activities. These concurrent efforts promoted the dissemination of Baudelaire and his Flowers of Evil, together with other modern poetry, among the Chinese potential poets, unexpectedly gave birth to the rise of new poetry schools represented by the Misty Poetry in the new era.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Frontiers in Translation Studies
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	147-156
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0995-5_11
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Name	New Frontiers in Translation Studies
ISSN (Print)	2197-8689
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-8697

Keywords

Charles Baudelaire
Chen Jingrong
Flowers of Evil
Misty Poetry
Translation

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