接受美学视域下的儿童文学翻译 ——以《快乐王子》三个中译本为例

论文摘要

近几十年来,翻译研究取得了长足的发展与进步,关于文学翻译的理论与研究也不胜枚举,但是针对文学翻译的一个分支---儿童文学翻译的研究却仍然匮乏。这与长久以来,儿童文学本身及其翻译处于文学多元系统的边缘地位密不可分。同时,正如一些学者所指出的：“中国儿童文学的翻译在理论和实践两方面的发展很不平衡：儿童文学的译作层出不群,而针对儿童文学翻译的专门研究却少的可怜。”因此,翻译学界迫切需要从从儿童文学翻译的需要出发,致力于儿童文学翻译的深入研究,逐渐丰富与发展关于儿童文学翻译的专门理论,为其寻求理论上的指导和支撑。该论文的主要目的在于,鉴于儿童文学翻译目标读者的特殊性,尝试将接受美学引入儿童文学翻译,以期使儿童文学翻译有更广阔的研究视野。接受美学注重读者的作用,认为在作者-作品-读者所形成的总体关系中,读者绝不是被动的,无关紧要的因素,相反,文学作品只有被读者理解和接受,才能实现其美学价值和社会功能。将接受美学引入文学翻译,为文学翻译研究提供了全新的理论视角和研究方法,其基本观点对儿童文学翻译研究也具有极大的启发与借鉴意义。为了说明这个问题,本文选择了奥斯卡·王尔德最著名童话《快乐王子》的三个中文译本进行对比分析,这三个译本恰好代表了儿童文学翻译在中国历史上的三个发展时期。论文并不是对三个译本做一个孰优孰劣的定性判断,而是通过对其进行历时研究以及声音、词法和修辞具体层面的对比,得出结论,无论哪种译本,只有既实现了原作与译者的对话交流,又实现了读者与译作的对话交流的译本,才是好的译本,才能被儿童所接受和喜爱。目前,接受理论在文学翻译中的应用仍处于试验阶段,虽已经取得了一定的成绩,总的来说还不够完善,缺乏系统性。由于接受美学思想本身蕴含着丰富的理论宝藏,本论文只是对其应用于儿童文学翻译方面进行了初步的探索,作者希望本研究能够激起更多学者对这一领域的强烈兴趣,并期望以此来促进和完善儿童文学翻译的研究。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Research Background
• 1.2 Research Significance
• 1.3 Research Methodology
• 1.4 Structure of the Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1. Children's Literature
• 2.1.1 Definition of children's literature
• 2.1.2 Classification and characteristics of children's literature
• 2.2 Translation of Children's Literature in China
• 2.2.1 Research review of children's literature translation
• 2.2.2 Development of children's literature translation
• 2.2.2.1 The budding period （the late Qing period）
• 2.2.2.2 The developing period （the May 4th period and the time 1930s-1950s）
• 2.2.2.3 The flourishing period （from 1980s to present）
• Chapter Three Reception Aesthetics and its Enlightenment on Literary Translation
• 3.1 The Theoretical Foundation of Reception Aesthetics
• 3.2 The Key Points of Reception Aesthetics
• 3.2.1 Role of Readers
• 3.2.2 Horizon of Expectations
• 3.2.3 Aesthetic Distance
• 3.3 Enlightenment of Reception Aesthetics on Literary Translation
• 3.3.1 Translator's role from reception aesthetics
• 3.3.2 Reader's role from reception aesthetics
• 3.3.3 Misunderstandings about reception theory and literary translation study
• Chapter Four Translation of Children's Literature Viewed from Reception Aesthetics
• 4.1 Applications of Reception Aesthetics to Children's Literature Translation
• 4.2 The Style and the Reproduction of Children's Disposition
• 4.2.1 The style
• 4.2.2 The reproduction of children's disposition
• Chapter Five A Comparative Case Study--from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics
• 5.1 Introduction to the Original Text and Three Chinese Versions
• 5.1.1 Oscar Wilde and The Happy Prince
• 5.1.2 Three Chinese versions of The Happy Prince
• 5.1.2.1 Zhou Zuoren's version Anle Wangzi
• 5.1.2.2 Ba Jin's version Kuaile Wangzi
• 5.1.2.3 Sun Fuzhong & Zhang Min's version Xingfu Wangzi
• 5.2 Comparative Studies Based on Reception Theory
• 5.2.1 Comparison on sound level
• 5.2.2 Comparison on lexical level
• 5.2.3 Comparison on rhetoric level
• 5.2.4 Summary
• 5.3 Suggestive Principles for Children's Literature Translation
• 5.3.1 "Child orientation" as the guideline
• 5.3.2 Domestication as the primary strategy
• 5.3.3 Foreignization as the supplementary strategy
• Chapter Six Conclusion
• Bibliography
• 攻读硕士学位期间取得的学术成果
• Acknowledgments