1st Edition
Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory Melodramas of the Foreign Tongue
By Tingting Hui
Copyright 2025
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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In our globalized world, a unique type of intercultural encounter has emerged: that between the speaking body and the foreign language. From Vladimir Nabokov and Maxine Hong Kingston to Yoko Tawada, writers have vividly captured the tensions and possibilities of this encounter—where tongues are “murderous” and words become feasts. Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory offers an analysis... Read more
Introduction: The Return of the Speaking Body, 1 Accented Speech Acts, 2 Audiovisual Counterpoint, 3 From the Buccal Tribunal to the Buccal Theater, 4 Onomatopoeic Translation, 5 The Little Girl, the Schizophrenic, and the Exophonic, Conclusion: For the Love of Literature, Works Cited, Index
Biography
Tingting Hui is an Assistant Professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her work centers on critical theory, contemporary literature and arts, and care ethics. Her papers received the Young Scholar Excellence Award from MESEA and the Honorable Mention of the Horst Frenz Prize from ACLA.
