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- Consumer Society, Lifestyle and Taste "Pursuit": The Change of Cultural Ideas in English Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century
Author：Qiang Hu
Abstract: The consumer society has brought about a rich and prosperous standard of living, and it has also brought about tremendous changes in human nature. At the conceptual level, the essence of change is a way of life centered on the logic of desire. The investigation of the changes in cultural ideas in English literature in the first half of the 20th century, relies heavily on the medium that the ideas are attached to. New art forms, new media innovations and communication revolutions have emerged, conveying the the message of material prosperity and the encouragement of consumption. They have also promoted the formation of a new “taste pursuit” at the level of cultural ideas.
Column：Culture Studies 059-068 Details
- Exoticism in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Sexy"
Author：Haiyan Ren
Abstract: With the fundamental changes brought about by modernity, the problems of exoticism become increasingly prominent. The story “Sexy,” collected in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhump a Lahiri, a contemporary Indian American writer, recounts a Western encounter with the exotic other in the context of cross-cultural communication. Through the sto...
Column：Culture Studies 069-076 Details
- On Said's Inheritance and Resistance to Foucault's Theory
Author：Tianxing Cai
Abstract: Said's inheritance of Foucault's theory has undergone the stages of following, using, and resisting (trying to surpass). Foucault's theory of discourse and power in the 1970s was the most important source of Said's own theory, and Orientalism is a successful example of its application. After the 1980s, Said tried to...
Column：Culture Studies 077-085 Details
- The "Untimely" Sentimental Education: On Liang Shiqiu's Translation of The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Author： Ruoze Huang
Abstract: The Chinese version of The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise was Liang Shiqiu's first literary translation to be published in Crescent Moon. This paper examines the translator’s textual strategies and literary attitudes in this work. Dissatisfied with the subject...
Column：Translation History Studies 086-096 Details
- Buddhist Scholars' Attitudes toward "Zheng Fan" and “Yi Fan” in Tang Dynasty
Author：Lei Tao
Abstract: "Zhengfan" and "Yifan" were a pair of Buddhist Scripture translation methods in ancient China. "Zhengfan" was invented to translate the names of "those that appeared both in China and in India", while "Yifan" was used when the object "only existed in India." Through exploring the naming...
Column：Translation History Studies 097-108 Details
- Commemorating the Master: Yang Xianyi and His Translational Thoughts
Author：Zhengsheng Dang, Zhengbin Feng
Abstract: Yang Xianyi is an outstanding representative of Chinese contemporary intellectuals. He has made a great contribution in introducing and promoting Chinese literature and culture to the West. His translational thoughts are governed by the principle of translating for the country and people, and centered around a faithful presentation of Chinese literature and culture to foreign readers. Today, the best way to remember this translation master is to uphold and practise his translational philosophy.
Column：Translation Studies of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang 109-115 Details
- Translating Chinese Literature into English: On The Translation Studies of Yang Xianyi
Author：Zhizhong Zhang
Abstract: Translation Studies of Yang Xianyi covers Yang Xianyi’s life-long pursuit of translation, a study of Yang from the perspective of translation studies, Yang’s translation practice from foreign languages into Chinese, Yang’s C-E translation, together with his translation poetics. It is a mon...
Column：Translation Studies of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang 116-125 Details
- An Interpretation of Gladys Yang's Views on Translation from the Perspective of Paratext: A Case Study of the English Translation of Leaden Wings
Author：Hongjuan Xin, Hongmin Tang
Abstract: By constructing the bridge among the source text, the translator and the reader, the paratext is taken as the linguistic domain where the target readers get access to the source text as close as possible to obtain the tridimensional and comprehensive perception of the source text. Moreover, it is also the first-hand material for researchers to analyze and summarize the translator’s thoughts. Based on Gladys Yang’s English version of Leaden Wings, this paper interprets Gladys Yang’s views on translation from the aspects of internal and external paratexts.
Column：Translation Studies of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang 126-135 Details
- The Connotation and Construction Strategies of Chinese Discourse
Author：Lihua Liu, Ke Tong
Abstract: This research, with a review of discourse studies at home and abroad, analyzes the connotation, content, method, construction resources and route of Chinese discourse. It is argued that Chinese discourse, one indispensable part of social practice in modern China, is the representation of Chinese socialism and func...
Column：Liguistic Studies 136-146 Details
- Review of Thomas Pynchon in Contemporary China
Author：Hairong Zhang, Mengyun Li
Abstract: Since 1991 when domestic scholar Yi Dan published the first paper on Thomas Pynchon in Foreign Literature Review in China, contemporary studies of Pynchon in China have gone through nearly thirty years of study. The image of Pynchon has changed from unknown black humorist to a core icon of American post-modern writer, accompaned by ...
Column：Review Essay 147-156 Details