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張愛玲遺產繼承人宋以朗先生今年年初將宋家所藏的手稿和信件全數捐贈香港都會大學，堪稱壯舉。五位香港張愛玲研究者在張的農曆生日匯聚，漫談大批手稿的整理和呈現對於張愛玲研究的意義。何杏楓教授聚焦中學時代的張愛玲在聖瑪利亞女校年刊上發表的六篇英文作品，探討少作在整個創作生涯中的位置。黃念欣教授細讀《小團圓》手稿，描繪一個附文本的誕生，並提出未來開發張愛玲「筆跡學」的可能。梁慕靈教授從大量整理張愛玲手稿和相關資料的經驗出發，定義史料的多重構成，展望未來的研究方向。黃心村教授和林姵吟教授也將分享她們對於張愛玲手稿研究的心得和前瞻。「手稿年」的這場對談，我們也希望開放討論，聆聽三年來持續支持我們這個講座系列的聽眾的聲音。 

 

A landmark donation made by Dr. Roland Soong and Mrs. Elain Soong Kingman to the Hong Kong Metropolitan University early this year brought the importance of manuscript research to the forefront in Eileen Chang studies. Five Hong Kong scholars gather in this roundtable to share their newest findings. Carole Hang Fung HOYAN will focus on six English essays written by a teenage Chang and discuss their position in Chang's entire writing career. WONG Nim Yan takes a new look at Chang's fiction masterpiece Little Reunions and argues that its manuscript form presents an important paratext next to the printed text. Rebecca LEUNG draws from her experience working with a massive amount of Chang and Soong manuscripts to discuss what constitutes research material and to shed light on future projects. Nicole HUANG and Pei-yin LIN will co-moderate the roundtable and also share their most recent findings and reflections. We invite our audience members to participate in an open dialogue. 

 

何杏楓  香港中文大學中國語言及文學系教授、雅禮中國語文研習所所長。專著包括《重探張愛玲：改編‧翻譯‧研究》、《重訪中國現代文學：細讀‧數據‧接受》。最近關注「世界中」的中國現代文學，曾發表論文〈「把我包括在外」：張愛玲作為世界作家〉。其他與張愛玲相關文章包括〈錯置與暫借：張愛玲及其衣飾〉和〈最後，點心便在咖啡裏溶化：張愛玲的飲食〉等。 

Carole Hang-fung HOYAN is Professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and Director of the Yale-China Chinese Language Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Re-investigating Eileen Chang: Adaptation, Translation and Research and Re-visiting Modern Chinese Literature: Close Reading, Data and Reception. She has recently focused on the study of the worlding of modern Chinese literature and has published various articles on Eileen Chang including “‘Include Me Out’: Reading Eileen Chang as a World Literature Author,” “Misplacement and Borrowing: Eileen Chang’s Clothing and Accessories” and “Finally, the Dim Sum Melted in the Coffee: Eileen Chang’s Food and Drink.” 

黃念欣 香港中文大學中國語言及文學系副教授、香港文學研究中心主任。著有《晚期風格︰香港女作家三論》、散文集《夕拾朝花》。最近研究女性文學與中額文化（middlebrow culture）的關係，對張愛玲的衣食住行與「物質性」深感興趣，曾發表〈食與寫——張愛玲散文中的飲食表述與邊緣性〉、〈一縷芳魂——張愛玲小說的配香筆記〉及〈張愛玲與香港的中額文化（Middlebrow Culture）〉等相關文章。 

WONG Nim-yan is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature and the director of the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has recently focused on the study of middlebrow literature and has written on the materiality of Eileen Chang’s works in various articles including “The Marginality of Eating and Writing of Eileen Chang’s Essays”, “Notes on Perfume-pairing Eileen Chang’s Novels” and “Eileen Chang’s and Middlebrow Culture in Hong Kong”. 

梁慕靈 現為香港都會大學人文社會科學院副教授兼副院長（行政及發展）、田家炳中華文化中心主任。她畢業於香港中文大學中國語言及文學系，獲哲學博士、哲學碩士及榮譽文學士，亦持有香港大學學位教師證書。研究興趣為中國現當代文學、文化和電影理論及創意寫作教育，論文見於《清華學報》、《政大中文學報》、《中國現代文學》等學術期刊，並出版《華文創意寫作與跨媒體實踐》、《想像與形塑──上海、香港和台灣報刊中的張愛玲》、《視覺、性別與權力：從劉吶鷗、穆時英到張愛玲的小說想像》、《數碼時代的中國人文學科研究》和《博物館的變與不變：香港和其他地區的經驗》等專著。她曾以《故事的碎片》獲臺灣《聯合文學》第十六屆小說新人獎短篇小說首獎，並入選台灣九歌出版社《九十一年小說選》。作品散見香港和台灣的文學雜誌和報章，並於2021年由台灣聯經出版社出版小說集《戀人絮語02.21》。 

Rebecca LEUNG received her BA, MPhil, and PhD in Chinese from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and obtained Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Hong Kong. She is currently Head of Creative Arts cum Associate Professor of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Director of the Tin Ka Ping Centre of Chinese Culture. She has published numerous papers in renowned journals such as Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies and Bulletin of the Department of Chinese Literature National Chengchi University. She also published books titled Chinese Creative Writing and Multimedia in Practice, Imagination and Shaping: The Newspaper Coverage of Eileen Chang in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Visuality, Gender and Power: The Imaginations in Novels from Liu Na'ou, Mu Shiying to Eileen Chang and The Studies of Chinese Humanities in the Digital Era etc. Her research interests lie primarily in the area of Chinese modern literature, Chinese contemporary literature, cultural & film theory and creative writing. Apart from academic research, she is also enthusiastic about creative writing. She obtained the prestigious “Unitas Award for New Novelists” in Taiwan in 2002. Her new novel A Lover's Discourse: Fragments 02.21 was published in Taiwan in 2021. 

 

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