Events
Writers in Quarantine? Rethinking the concept of ‘Hong Kong southbound writers’
19 Apr 2020
3pm – 4pm
Zoom Webinar
Prof Wong Nim Yan, Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature
Wong Nim Yan, Associate Professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director of Hong Kong Literature Research Centre. In recent years, she has explored the Hong Kong-China perspectives in Hong Kong literature.
Tel: (852) 3943 7107
Email: arts@cuhk.edu.hk
Free and open to the public, this series of webinars will present research by a diverse group of scholars from the Faculty of Arts at CUHK. Each speaker will bring refreshing and historical perspectives on our contemporary moment, either directly or through reflection. Together, these public events will speak for the value and relevance of humanities scholarship at a time when we face profound global challenges. Lectures will be about 30 minutes in length, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/en-gb/about-us/events/534-public-online-lectures-arts-and-humanities-in-the-face-of-global-challenges
The literati headed south from the mainland China to Hong Kong during 1930s-40s include Cai Yuanpei, Xu Dishan, Xiao Hong, Dai Wangshu and Ye Lingfeng. Some appreciated these “southbound writers” had brought vibrant and charismatic culture to the city. Some considered these writers had encroached on the cultural sovereignty of the local literati, masking the original palette of Hong Kong literature. Southbound writers were always in a sort of “quarantine” in terms of academic classification and recognition. Does this “quarantine” convey a positive value in today’s context ? At this very moment of challenges, it is worth rethinking and revisiting the works, life stories, publications and impacts of these southbound writers.
