从帕尔默文化语言学视角探析王维、孟浩然山水田园诗英译的意象再造

论文摘要

美国语言人类学家帕尔默构建文化语言学理论,丰富和发展了人类语言学的三大传统,即博厄斯派语言学、民族语义学和会话民俗学,他认为将其与认知语言学结合起来,便可产生一种对语言现象更具解释力的新的理论,即文化语言学理论。文化语言学理论最显著的特点就是关注意象,并把意象作为其核心概念之一,文化语言学实际上就是一门关于心象的理论。帕尔默所指意象既包括我们脑海中所呈现出的图像,也包括人通过各种感觉器官所获得的意象。帕尔默强调意象是以经验为基础的,几乎所有意象都是由社会文化和个人经验的累积构建而成。意象与特定语言、特定文化之间有着密切关系,帕尔默试图以意象为窗口研究不同文化不同语言使用者的思维模式。其理论对中诗英译的意象如实传达具有一定的指导意义。山水田园诗源远流长,在中国古典诗词中占有重要地位,其英译对于促进中西文化交流有着重要意义。唐代山水田园诗达到顶峰。王维、孟浩然是唐代山水田园诗的代表人物,本文对王孟四首山水田园诗及其译本进行比较研究,拟从帕尔默文化语言学视角探讨王孟山水田园诗的意象再造,探讨译者应如何如实传达山水田园诗中的文化意象,以期为山水田园诗的英译带来更多启示,从而更好的促进中西文化交流与相互理解。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Acknowledgement
• Chapter I Introduction
• 1.1 Background of the Present Study
• 1.2 Purpose of the Thesis
• 1.3 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter II Previous Researches Relative to Palmer’s Culture Linguistics
• 2.1 Linguistic Anthropology and its Three Major Approaches
• 2.1.1 Boasian Tradition
• 2.1.2 Ethnosemantics
• 2.1.3 Ethnography of Speaking
• 2.2 Cognitive Linguistics
• 2.3 Image in Palmer’s Cultural Linguistics
• 2.4 Relationship between Language, Image, and Culture
• 2.4.1 Definitions on Culture
• 2.4.2 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Language and Thought
• 2.4.3 Relationship between Language, Image, and Culture
• 2.5 Significance of Applying Image to the English Translation of Chinese Acient Poetry
• Chapter III The Pastoral Poetry in Tang Dynasty
• 3.1 The Characteristics of Pastoral Poetry in Tang Dynasty
• 3.2 The Reasons for the Prosperity of Pastoral Poetry in Tang Dynasty
• 3.2.1 Social Ideology
• 3.2.2 Political Factors
• 3.2.3 Prosperity of Economy
• 3.2.4 Esthetics Ideology
• 3.3 The Two Representative Poets of Pastoral Poetry in Tang Dynasty
• 3.3.1 Wang Wei
• 3.3.2 Meng Haoran
• Chapter IV Analysis on the Image Reactualization in the English Translation of Wang Wei and Meng Haoran’s Pastoral Poetry
• 4.1 Analysis on the Image Reactualization in the English Translation of Wang Wei’s Pastoral Poetry
• 4.1.1 ‘The Deer Enclosure’
• 4.1.2 ‘Hut Among the Bamboo’
• 4.2 Analysis on the Image Reactualization in the English Translation of Meng Haoran’s Pastoral Poetry
• 4.2.1 A Spring Morning
• 4.2.2 Stopping at a Friend’s Farm House
• Chapter V Conclusion
• 5.1 Major Findings
• 5.2 Limitations
• 5.3 Suggestions for Further Study
• Notes
• References