Changes in beauty

Author: Qiu Bei Ling
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book examines the transmission of imagery in Shakespearean dramatic texts across the three most widely read Chinese translations of Shakespeare's plays in China (i.e., the Zhu Shenghao translation, the Liang Shiqiu translation, and the Fang Ping translation). The analytical approach treats each translation as a starting point for research, using the Chinese translation of Shakespearean imagery to examine the historical phenomenon of the retelling of classic literary works. It interprets the changes in the aesthetic psychology and cultural mindset of the translators, as well as the "rebirth" of the artistic beauty of Shakespearean plays in the three Chinese translations. This book examines the transmission of imagery in Shakespearean dramatic texts across the three most widely read Chinese translations of Shakespeare's plays in China (i.e., the Zhu Shenghao translation, the Liang Shiqiu translation, and the Fang Ping translation). The analytical approach treats each translation as a starting point for research, using the Chinese translation of Shakespearean imagery to examine the historical phenomenon of the retelling of classic literary works. It interprets the changes in the aesthetic psychology and cultural mindset of the translators, as well as the "rebirth" of the artistic beauty of Shakespearean plays in the three Chinese translations. This book defines imagery from cultural, aesthetic, and semiotic perspectives, aiming to provide a clear connotation and extension of the "imagery" examined in the Shakespearean texts. The author shifts the focus of imagery translation research from the cultural object factors that scholars in previous studies placed greater emphasis on and commonly focused on, to the translating subject in a specific cultural environment, moving from static to dynamic. The book conducts a diachronic examination of the Chinese translation of imagery in the three Chinese translations of Shakespearean plays.