Allan H. Barr

Emeritus Professor of Chinese

allan.barr@pomona.edu

Office:

Mason Hall

219

(909) 621-8934

With 6V电影网 Since: 1981

Expertise
Expertise

As a longtime scholar of classical Chinese literature, Allan Barr examines the relationship between fiction and history. He is the author of a book in Chinese on a notorious literary inquisition in 17th-century China, Jiangnan yi jie: Qingren bixia de Zhuangshi shi’an (Hangzhou: Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House, 2016). He has also published numerous articles on Ming and Qing literature in both Western and Chinese journals. As a translator of modern Chinese literature, he has translated several books by Yu Hua, one of China’s most celebrated living authors, including the widely admired China in Ten Words. He also edited and translated the collected blog posts of one of China’s most controversial celebrities—author, blogger and racecar driver Han Han.

Research Interests

Barr’s research focuses primarily on Chinese fiction during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, particularly tales in classical Chinese. Much of his work examines the relationship between fiction and history, and draws on a wide range of primary sources to shed light on the cultural scene in late imperial China. He has published extensively on the writings of Pu Songling (1640-1715) and other authors active in the 17th and 18th centuries in China.
Areas of Expertise

CHINA
Chinese literature
Fiction and narrative in the Ming and Qing dynasties
The life and work of Pu Songling (1640-1715)
Contemporary Chinese fiction
The work of Yu Hua.
Work

Work

The April 3^rd Incident: Stories, translation of a collection by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2018)
Jiangnan yi jie: Qingren bixia de Zhuang shi shi'an 江南一劫：清人笔下的庄氏史案, (Zhejiang guji chubanshe, 2016)
The Seventh Day, translation of novel by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2015)
Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China, translation of collection by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2014)
罢丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;骋别苍别谤补迟颈辞苍:&苍产蝉辫;顿颈蝉辫补迟肠丑别蝉&苍产蝉辫;蹿谤辞尘&苍产蝉辫;颁丑颈苍补’蝉&苍产蝉辫;惭辞蝉迟&苍产蝉辫;笔辞辫耻濒补谤&苍产蝉辫;尝颈迟别谤补谤测&苍产蝉辫;厂迟补谤&苍产蝉辫;(补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;搁补肠别&苍产蝉辫;颁补谤&苍产蝉辫;顿谤颈惫别谤),
collection and translation of blog posts by Han Han
China in Ten Words, translation of essays by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2012)
Cries in the Drizzle, translation of novel by Yu Hua (Anchor, 2007)
“Liaozhai zhiyi and Shiji,” Asia Major, Third Series, 20:1, pp. 133-53, 2007
“Novelty, Character and Community in Zhang Chao’s Yu Chu Xinzhi,” in Trauma and Transcendence in Early Qing Literature (W. Idema, W. Li and E. Widmer, eds., Harvard University Asia Center, 2005)
Jiangnan yi jie: Qingren bixia de Zhuang shi shi'an , forthcoming from Zhejiang guji chubanshe
The Seventh Day, translation of novel by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2015)
Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China, translation of collection by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2014)
罢丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;骋别苍别谤补迟颈辞苍:&苍产蝉辫;顿颈蝉辫补迟肠丑别蝉&苍产蝉辫;蹿谤辞尘&苍产蝉辫;颁丑颈苍补’蝉&苍产蝉辫;惭辞蝉迟&苍产蝉辫;笔辞辫耻濒补谤&苍产蝉辫;尝颈迟别谤补谤测&苍产蝉辫;厂迟补谤&苍产蝉辫;(补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;搁补肠别&苍产蝉辫;颁补谤&苍产蝉辫;顿谤颈惫别谤), collection and translation of blog posts by Han Han
China in Ten Words, translation of essays by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2012)
Cries in the Drizzle, translation of novel by Yu Hua (Anchor, 2007)
“Liaozhai zhiyi and Shiji,” Asia Major, Third Series, 20:1, pp. 133-53, 2007
“Novelty, Character and Community in Zhang Chao’s Yu Chu Xinzhi,” in Trauma and Transcendence in Early Qing Literature (W. Idema, W. Li andE. Widmer, eds., Harvard University Asia Center, 2005)
Education
Education

1983, D. Phil, Oxford University
1980, M.A., Cambridge University
1977, B.A. Honours, Cambridge University
Recent Courses Taught

Advanced Chinese
Advanced Chinese
Independent Study: Chinese Language and Literature
Survey of Chinese Classical Literature
Independent Study: Chinese Literature
Critical Inquiry Seminar
Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship, 1990-1991
British Academy Visiting Professorship, 1995
Chinese Culture Fellowship, 2005
Taiwan Fellowship, 2012

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