24.1820, Qs: Asiatic Vernacular Movements

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1820. Thu Apr 25 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1820, Qs: Asiatic Vernacular Movements

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:06:52
From: Richard Durkan [rdurkan at hotmail.com]
Subject: Asiatic Vernacular Movements

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I am very interested in the literary and vernacular movements of the Far East
at the turn of the 20th century. As well as the New Culture Movement of China,
I am interested in the Taiwanese New Literature Movement, the literary
movement launched by Ch’oe Namsŏn and Yi Kwangsu in Korea, the Hkit-san
vernacular movement in Burma and wonder why these movements seem to be such a
specifically Asian phenomenon.

I notice that a number of the protagonists in these movements spent time in
Japan and I wonder to what extent they were influenced by Japanese reformers
such as those of the earlier Meiji 6 Society and also to what extent they
influenced one another. Has anyone attempted to make a comparative study of
some (or indeed all) of these movements? Is anyone working in this area?
 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics






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