Analysis on Character Image in Lu Xun’s Novels and Translation Strategies from the Perspective of Konnektive Struktur

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.364How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Medio-translatology, character image, translator’s identity, Lu Xun’s novels

Abstract

The combination of Konnektive Struktur and Medio-translatology brings the innovation of theoretical perspective and the focus of research object for the study of character image translation in novels. From the perspective of Konnektive Struktur, the character image of the novel as the research object is carried out on the social and time level with the name as the carrier, and the “wiederholung” and “vergegenwärtigen” as the links. From the perspective of cultural comparison of Medio-translatology, the research on the translation strategy of characters transcends the linguistic level, trying to reach the spiritual and social characteristics of the characters. This paper takes the character image of Lu Xun’s novels as an example, especially the two types of character image elements, namely the character portrait and character language of the protagonist Run Tu in “Hometown” and its two English versions, and investigates the shaping strategy of specific character image elements in different translations, shaping effect and its formation mechanism. According to text comparison, it is found that Julia Lovell tends to use the “vergegenwärtigen” reference, shaping more vivid and profound portraits with strong image contrast. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang use the “wiederholung” referencing method, supplemented by the “vergegenwärtigen”, accurately and vividly conveying the characters’ language characteristics. And the identity of the translator plays an important role in the formation of translation strategies.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jie Zheng
AU  - Jianli Li
AU  - Chunfang Yi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/18
TI  - Analysis on Character Image in Lu Xun’s Novels and Translation Strategies from the Perspective of Konnektive Struktur
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 390
EP  - 397
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.364
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.364
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