翻译中的接受美学.ppt

Content Definition of a prose Principles of prose translation Reception Aesthetic Reception Aesthetic and prose translation * * A Brief Introduction of Prose Translation–From Reception Aesthetic What is prose ? a direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary usage. It differs from poetry or verse in that it is not restricted in rhythm, measure or rhyme —J,A, Cudden A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory In its broadest sense, the term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern – C. Huge Homan A handbook to literature written or spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical structure –The New Oxford American Dictionary In narrow sense, it may contain essay, diary, biography ,reportage, business comment, and scientific articles etc. Confined to the field of contemporary literature, the concept of prose generally refers to the graceful and elegant articles or writings which focus on narration and expression, juxtaposed with argumentation. Principles of Prose Translation Burton Raffel: The style is the man In his book Art of Translating Prose, he argues the syntactic structures of prose represents the style of the author, so the original structures must be render strictly into the target language ---“The style is the man ” Only when the syntactic structures of the original composition is kept or retained, can the style of the original be successfully reproduced or transposed. GaoJian: the tone and the style of prose are translatable The content of the ST should be interrelated with the form, namely, they are closely and inherently connected with each other. Therefore, he concludes that if the meaning of the content is fully rendered into the TL, the style which is consistent with the meaning or the content will be translated. Liu Shichong: artistic flavor theory He puts forward “artistic flavor” to guide prose translation, that’s to say the