《红楼梦》杨译本中的隐喻认知解读

论文摘要

在日常生活和文学作品里,人们经常运用隐喻。传统的隐喻观认为隐喻是一种修辞手段、语言艺术,而隐喻的现代理论则认为隐喻是一种认知工具。隐喻在文学作品中起着诸如增添美学价值、深化主题及帮助认识事物等作用。《红楼梦》是中国几千年历史、文化的结晶,其语言生动、形象。书中,曹雪芹运用了大量的隐喻,从而激发了读者的想象,使读者得以深切体会作品中人物的心理。翻译家杨宪益及其夫人戴乃迭的英译本A Dream of Red Mansions是诸多《红楼梦》英译本中公认的一部成功译作。该译本对原著中的隐喻作了很好的处理。本文从认知角度出发,运用Lakoff与Johnson的概念隐喻理论(conceptualmetaphor theory)和Fauconnier与Turner的概念合成理论(conceptual blendingtheory),对杨译本中的隐喻进行了解读和分析,由此进而指出,在文学作品中,隐喻运用非常普遍,而隐喻的恰当运用对提升文学作品的价值有着十分重大的作用,因为隐喻可以将事物说得更通俗、更生动、更形象,也能使读者更易产生联想,从而对所读的留下更深的印象。文章还认为,隐喻可使作品成为一座经得住长时间开采和挖掘的储量丰富的思想宝库。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 内容摘要
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Literature Review
• 1.1 The Classical Viewpoint of Metaphor
• 1.1.1 The Comparison View——Aristotle
• 1.1.2 The Substitution View——Quintilian
• 1.1.3 The Interaction View——Richards,Black
• 1.2 The Contemporary Viewpoint of Metaphor
• 1.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
• 1.2.1.1 Definition of Conceptual Metaphor
• 1.2.1.2 The Classification of Metaphors
• 1.2.2 Image schema and the Invariance Principle
• Chapter 2 Conceptual Blending Theory
• 2.1 Theoretical Background
• 2.2 Mental Space Theory
• 2.3 Conceptual Blending Theory / Conceptual Integration Theory
• 2.3.1 The Network Model of Conceptual Blending Theory
• 2.3.1.1 Four Mental Spaces in the Network Model
• 2.3.1.2 Operation of spaces in Conceptual Blending Theory
• 2.3.1.3 Basic Process of Blending and Emergent Structure
• 2.3.1.4 The Optimality Principles
• Chapter 3 A Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.1 The Analysis of Conventional Metaphors in A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.1.1 An analysis of the structural metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.1.2 An analysis of orientational metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.1.3 An analysis on the ontological metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.2 The Analysis of Novel Metaphors within A Dream of Red Mansions
• 3.2.1 Metaphors Based on Analogy
• 3.2.2 Animal Metaphor and Blending
• 3.2.3 Metaphors based on other conventional metaphors
• Conclusion
• References