Abstract

 

Poetry is a kind of style which takes emotion as gene and highly unifies ideology and artistry. Ancient Chinese poetry is a kind of language with a customized style and rhythm. It expresses thoughts and feelings by shaping images. It is the earliest literary form out of China. Therefore, the study of its English translation has been concerned by scholars for many years. The purpose of this study is to analyze the artistic conception of Wang Wei's The Deep Enclosure, The Dale of Singing Birds and Autumn Evening in the Mountains from the perspective of the translation principle of "Three Beauties" of Mr. Xu Yuanchong, the first translator of Chinese poetry into English, and to explore the artistic conception transmission and embodiment in the translation of Chinese ancient poetry.

 

Key words: poetry translation；“three beauties” principle；landscape poems

 

Contents

中文摘要

Abstract

1.Introduction.....................................................................................................1

1.1Research questions..........................................................................................1         

1.2Purpose and significance of the thesis..............................................................1                    

1.3Structure of the thesis............................................................................... 2    

2. Literature Review........................................................................................3   

2.1 Definitions of“three beauties”principle.............................................................6       

 2.2 Descriptions of landscape poetry and Wang Wei................................................7    

 2.3 Theory Framework--“Three Beauties” Principle..............................................9  

2.3.1 The beauty in sound.............................................................................9      

2.3.2 The beauty in form........................................................................................9     

2.3.3 The beauty in sense.......................................................................................9

 2.4 Previous studies........................................................................................10   

2.4.1 Previous studies abroad..................................................................................10       

2.4.2 Previous studies at home................................................................................14       

3. The Embodiment of the “Three Beauties” Principle in the translation of three landscape poems..................................................17        

3.1. The beauty in sound.........................................................................................17

3.1.1 The Deep Enclosure.......................................................................................17

3.1.2 The Dale of Singing Birds..............................................................................18

3.1.3 Autumn Evening in the Mountains.................................................................20

3.2 The beauty in form............................................................................................22

3.2.1 The Deep Enclosure.......................................................................................22

3.2.2 The Dale of Singing Birds..............................................................................24

3.2.3 Autumn Evening in the Mountains.................................................................25

3.3 The beauty in sense...........................................................................................26

3.3.1 The Deep Enclosure.......................................................................................26

3.3.2 The Dale of Singing Birds..............................................................................28

3.3.3 Autumn Evening in the Mountains.................................................................30   

4. An analysis of the artistic conception of the translation of three landscape poems from the view of “Three Beauties” Principle......32  

4.1 The relationship among the beauty in sense, the beauty in sound and the beauty in form.....................................................................................................................32

4.2 An analysis of the transmission of artistic conception in poetry translation from the perspective of the beauty in sound....................................................................35

4.2.1 The Deep Enclosure(scenery and feeling)..................................................35

4.2.2 The Dale of Singing Birds(scenery and feeling).............................................36

4.2.3 Autumn Evening in the Mountains(scenery and feeling)................................38

4.3 An analysis of the transmission of artistic conception in poetry translation from the perspective of the beauty in form......................................................................39

4.3.1 The Deep Enclosure(scenery and feeling).................................................39

4.3.2 The Dale of Singing Birds(scenery and feeling).............................................40

4.3.3 Autumn Evening in the Mountains(scenery and feeling)................................41             

5.Conclusion..............................................................................................41

References............................................................................................................42

Appendixes........................................................................................................43