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Abstract This latest volume, SINO-JAPANESE LITERATURE IN PERSPECTIVE: A Short Communication to the World Literature (Eliva Press, 2026) tested the geographical boundaries of literary encounters. It is formative for the pedagogical potential of William Shakespeare, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Virginia Woolf, Wang Shifu, and Li Yu. Drawing on comparative literary analysis and visual-cultural interpretation, this volume explores how classical traditions, modern transformations, and cross-cultural dialogues have shaped the formation of Sino-Japanese literary discourse. This work will be of interest to scholars and students of Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, Cultural History, and Transnational Literary Theory.

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Abstract This latest volume, SINO-JAPANESE LITERATURE IN PERSPECTIVE: A Short Communication to the World Literature (Eliva Press, 2026) tested the geographical boundaries of literary encounters. It is formative for the pedagogical potential of William Shakespeare, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Virginia Woolf, Wang Shifu, and Li Yu. Drawing on comparative literary analysis and visual-cultural interpretation, this volume explores how classical traditions, modern transformations, and cross-cultural dialogues have shaped the formation of Sino-Japanese literary discourse. This work will be of interest to scholars and students of Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, Cultural History, and Transnational Literary Theory.

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Keywords: historical dynamism, Comparative Poetics, East Asian Modernism, Shakespeare in China, Transcultural Pedagogy, Virginia Woolf, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Visual-Cultural Interpretation

Vivien Jiaqian Zhu 朱嘉倩
Stanford University

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This page is a summary of: <span>SINO-JAPANESE LITERATURE IN PERSPECTIVE: A Short Communication to the World Literature</span>, SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2026, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6680778.
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