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Agents of May Fourth. Jing Yinyu, Xu Zhongnian, and the Early Introduction of Modern Chinese Literature in France
Jing Yinyu (1901-1931?) and Xu Zhongnian (1904-1981) played a pivotal role in the dissemination of modern Chinese literature in France at the turn of the 1930s. Best known as Lu Xunās first translator into a Western language and a friend of Romain Rollandās, Jing compiled the Anthologie des conteurs chinois modernes in 1929. In his Anthologie de la littĆ©rature chinoise. Des origines Ć nos jours, published in 1932, Xu also devoted a section to recent literary developments. By analyzing the nature of the two projects, the translated corpora, and their paratexts, I will describe the features of Jingās and Xuās dissemination of May Fourth literature in France and scrutinize their artistic and ideological stance vis-Ć -vis the new literary scene. Ultimately, I will attempt to pinpoint in what terms the two scholars-cum-translatorsā agency contributed to foreign readersā awareness of the cultural, social and political experience of the May Fourth Movement