The Conservation and Variation of Poetry Style in English Translations of Li Bai's Poems
| Autor: | Guo, Gong-yi, 郭功義 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 100 Poems spread across languages and cultural barriers through translation. However, in the process the forms of the source poems are altered, and the styles changed. The purpose of this thesis is to study the variation of linguistic and literary styles in poetry translation, including the prosody, forms, literal meanings and connotations, imageries and poetry implications, from the original Li Bai’s poems to their corresponding English translated versions. Based on a review of literature focused on methodology of stylistic analysis for classical Chinese poems and theories of literary translation, a multi-level stylistic framework was constructed for the purpose of this study. Examples of various English translations of Li Bai’s poems were given as illustrations for discussion on the following issues: (1) the transformation of textural forms in the English translation of Chinese classical poems; (2) misalignment of stylistic elements (words, meaning, imageries and poetic implications) in poetry translation (from Chinese into English, in this study) and across cultural borders; (3) the relative translatability and cross-culture adaptability of stylistic elements in regard to their adherence to linguistic characteristics; (4) comparison of various translation strategies and their effects on the translation in terms of “representing the source text” and “adaptation for the target-language readers,” with a diagram designed for integrating the dual criteria of translation loyalty and readability and its implications on translation criticisms. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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