3S Co-sponsored Event: Crossings & Malaysia: Worlding the Sinophone Minor Literature
華語文學的當代聲音系列講座 第七講
Contemporary Voices in Sinophone Literature Lecture Series – 7th Session
渡越 · 馬來西亞：華語小文學的淑世論
Crossings & Malaysia: Worlding the Sinophone Minor Literature
主講人 Speaker
曾昭程 CHAN Cheow Thia
新加坡國立大學中文系助理教授
Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore
與談人 Discussant
陳濟舟 Jannis Jizhou Chen
香港中文大學中文系助理教授
Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK
📅 2026年3月31日（周二）15:00-17:00
📅 31 March 2026 (Tuesday) 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 香港中文大學馮景禧樓101室 📍
Room 101, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
🗣 語言 Language：普通話 Mandarin
簡介 Introduction
馬來西亞（及其前身馬來亞）華文文學（簡稱「馬華文學」）在多個層面皆身處邊緣化的境地。在以西方為中心的國際文學空間中，馬來西亞被視為邊緣地區。現代華語文學建制則偏向中國大陸、臺灣和香港。更有甚者，在馬來西亞，只有以國語馬來語寫作的文本才會被國家機關賦予國家文學的地位。儘管境遇艱難，馬華作家仍能以富有創造力和啟發性的作品面向世界，且逐漸獲得各界認可，由此彰顯馬來西亞作為華語文學創作的重要實驗場域。
此次演講，曾昭程教授將在論述馬華文學獨特的演化模式時著重闘釋，馬華作家如何充分認識其在世界華語文學空間中的邊緣地位，並將其轉化為審美創新的動力。他也將重點介紹馬來西亞與其他華語地區之間的歷史聯繫，並探討馬華作家如何「以文淑世」（worlding）。
對於1930年代到2000年代馬華文學生產的各種亞際「渡越」形態，我們應該如何進行歷史化的解讀？作家的行旅經驗、思維與心態上的轉變，以及社會群體之間的互動又如何型塑了這種「渡越」？這都將是此次演講的話題。准此，《渡越馬來西亞》強調邊緣的內部多元性及其跨域連結的歷史，為重繪全球華語文學乃至世界文學圖景提供了富有見地的論述。
Malaysian Chinese literature (commonly known as “Mahua literature”) occupies a marginalized position on multiple fronts. Within the Western-centric international literary space, Malaysia is regarded as peripheral. The institutional framework of modern Sinophone literature tends to privilege Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Moreover, in Malaysia itself, only texts written in the national language, Malay, are accorded the status of national literature by state institutions. Despite these challenging circumstances, Mahua writers continue to produce creative and inspiring works that engage with the world, gradually gaining recognition across various spheres, thus demonstrating Malaysia’s significance as a vital experimental ground for Sinophone literary production.
In this lecture, Professor Chan Cheow Thia will elucidate the unique evolutionary patterns of Mahua literature, focusing on how Mahua writers have come to fully recognize their peripheral position within the global Sinophone literary space and transformed it into a driving force for aesthetic innovation. He will also highlight the historical connections between Malaysia and other Sinophone regions, exploring how Mahua writers engage in “worlding” through literature.
How should we historicize the various inter-Asian “crossings” in Mahua literary production from the 1930s to the 2000s? How have writers’ travel experiences, shifts in thought and mentality, and interactions among social groups shaped these “crossings”? These questions will be at the heart of this lecture. In this light, Malaysian Crossings emphasizes the internal plurality of the periphery and its history of transregional connections, offering an insightful account for remapping the landscape of global Sinophone literature and world literature at large.
主講人簡介 About the Speaker
曾昭程，新加坡國立大學中文系助理教授。復旦中文系本科，劍橋大學亞洲與中東研究哲學碩士（漢學專業），耶魯大學東亞語言與文學系博士。其主要研究興趣涵蓋中國現當代文學研究、華語語系研究（新馬文學專項）、離散研究與東南亞研究。其論文曾發表於期刊 Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 以及 PRISM: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature。其英文專著 Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature 於2022年由哥倫比亞大學出版社出版；中譯本《渡越 · 馬來西亞：華語小文學的淑世論》則於2025年由時報文化出版公司推出。
Chan Cheow Thia is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. He received his B.A. in Chinese from Fudan University, his M.Phil. in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sinology) from the University of Cambridge, and his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures from Yale University. His research interests encompass modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Sinophone studies (with a focus on Singapore and Malaysian literature), diaspora studies, and Southeast Asian studies. His work has appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, and PRISM: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature. His monograph Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature was published by Columbia University Press in 2022; the Chinese translation, 《渡越 · 馬來西亞：華語小文學的淑世論》, was published by China Times Publishing in 2025.
主辦 Organizers 香港中文大學中國語言及文學系 Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK
華語語系研究協會 Society of Sinophone Studies (3S)
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