Translation Research of Hu Shi's Poetry

Author: Qiyi Liao
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book consists of an introduction, Hu Shi's translation thoughts and translated poems, Chapter 1: Translation and the Spirit of the Times, Chapter 2: Translator Agency and Cultural Transformation, Chapter 3: Poetry Translation and the Construction of Classics, Chapter 4: Translated Poems and the Emergence of Vernacular New Poetry, followed by a chronology of Hu Shi's translated poems and 25 selected translations. By studying Hu Shi's translated poems as a case study, the book aims to describe the driving and restrictive effects of China's cultural environment during the May Fourth Movement on translation; reveal Hu Shi's self-awareness and agency as a translating subject in this social act; and explore the evolution of poetry translation from theme to form to language, with vernacular poetry ultimately becoming the mainstream form of poetic translation, as well as the interaction between vernacular translated poems and vernacular new poetry creation.
Target Audience: Scholars, undergraduate and graduate students engaged in and researching poetic translation, students in comparative literature or poetic studies, and lovers of Chinese literature.
The book includes: Introduction, Translation and the Spirit of the Times, Translator Agency and Cultural Transformation, and Translation and the Emergence of Vernacular New Poetry.