传播学与武侠小说翻译 ——对金庸《书剑恩仇录》英译的分析

论文摘要

在中国文学研究领域，新派武侠小说堪称众多当代中国文学类别中的一株奇葩。新派武侠小说的创作以中国普通大众为读者对象，迎合他们的阅读兴趣和阅读幻想，具有很强的娱乐属性，当它诞生之时，马上掀起一阵阵阅读狂潮，并且历久不息。新派武侠小说是当代中国通俗文学或者流行文学的优秀组成部分。然而，新派武侠小说从旧武侠小说蜕变而来，既有继承，更有创新。新派武侠小说创作家代表人物梁羽生、金庸和古龙等人的武侠小说，不但融合了中西小说写作技法，而且结合西方文明中的民主意识、人文关怀意识，有意识地对武侠小说中通常富含的中国文化知识和文化精神进行了存精华、去糟粕的加工处理。这就使得他们的小说（尤其金庸小说）又具备了一定的文学研究价值。对于金庸武侠小说的文学研究正获得严肃文学所应当享有的学术研究地位。在武侠小说的翻译研究领域，也渐渐有人开始涉足。新派武侠小说获得中国通俗文学门类里从所未有的全世界范围流行，受此启示，鉴于中国文学在对外传播方面尚未找到有效出路，为了促进优秀中国传统文化在西方世界的传播，本文作者以传播学为视角，对新派武侠小说对内、对外传播的全过程进行全景式的审视，理性探讨其本质属性，比较英汉版本武侠小说所面对的截然不同的读者群，揭示了在当前武侠小说英译研究和实践中潜在的两大矛盾，即通俗小说的天然属性、功能和文学经典定位之间以及武侠小说英译和作家名声之间的矛盾，并宏观地从译者人选和读者接受的角度提出了一系列冀以指导武侠小说英译的建议。作为例证和验证，本文以《书剑恩仇录》的英译过程为例进行个案研究。虽然晏格文不是一名研究中国文学和文化的专家，但是正因为《书剑恩仇录》的英语翻译从一开始就遵循了以上武侠小说英译的建议，解决了使中国文学翻译与传播效果不能相互结合的各类矛盾与困惑，才使得《书剑恩仇录》的英译本得到了西方读者大众的认可，成功传播了中国传统文化。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Research Background
• 1.2 Research Questions
• 1.3 Research Methods
• 1.4 Research Significance
• 1.5 Structure of the Thesis
• CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 The English Translation of Wuxia Novel
• 2.2 Researches on the English Translation of Wuxia Novel
• 2.3 Previous Studies on the English Translation of Shujian Enchou Lu
• CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
• 3.1 An Introduction to Science of Communication
• 3.1.1 Communication Models
• 3.1.1.1 Lasswell’s 5W Model
• 3.1.1.2 Shannon and Weaver’s Mathematical Communication Model
• 3.1.1.3 Westley and Maciean’s Conceptual Model
• 3.1.2 Summary
• 3.2 Influence of Science of Communication on Translation Studies
• 3.2.1 Nida’s Opinion
• 3.2.2 Nord’s Proposal
• 3.2.3 Bell’s Explanation
• 3.2.4 Wilss’ Proposition
• 3.2.5 Lv Jun’s Perspective
• 3.3 Summary
• CHAPTER Ⅳ AN EXPLORATION INTO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF CHINESE WUXIA NOVEL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SCIENCE OF COMMUNICATION
• 4.1 Justification for Selecting the Four Topics
• 4.2 Wuxia Novel’s Entertainment Nature and Its Visualization
• 4.2.1 Wuxia Novel’s Entertainment Nature
• 4.2.2 Their Visualization
• 4.2.3 Enlightenment of the Discussion
• 4.3 Embodiment of Chinese Culture and the Genre’s Vulgarization Trend
• 4.3.1 Embodiment of Chinese Culture
• 4.3.2 The Genre’s Vulgarization Trend
• 4.4 The Acceptability of Chinese Culture to Western readers
• 4.4.1 Western Readers’ Acceptance of Chinese Culture
• 4.4.2 A Proposal
• 4.5 China’s Need to Spread Culture in the West and a Possible Role the Translation of Wuxia Novel Can Play
• 4.6 Summary
• CHAPTER Ⅴ CASE STUDY: THE TANSLATION OF SHUJIAN ENCHOU LU BY GRAHAM EARNSHAW
• 5.1 Preparation for Case Study: Peter Newmark’s “Text-type” and “Noise” from Science of Communication
• 5.2 Graham Earnshaw’s View on His Wuxia Novel Translation
• 5.3 A Communication-based Evaluation of the Translation of Shujian Enchou Lu by Graham Earnshaw
• 5.4 Summary
• CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION
• NOTES
• WORKS CITED
• APPENDIX A INTRODUCTION IN THE BOOK AND THE SWORD
• APPENDIX B AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER WEN HUI BAO
• Appendix C An E-mail in Reply to His Researcher of The Book and the Sword
• APPENDIX D TABLE 4-1 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER IV