Zhong Ying Duizhao Lu Xun Jiuti Shi (Lu Xun's Classical-style Poetry: a bilingual version)
Year: 2016
Type: book
Abstract: This monograph addresses issues and debates that have arisen in Chinese, Japanese, and Western scholarly circles over the last sixty years concerning the exegesis, analysis, annotation and translation of Lu Xun's old-style poetry. The author discusses his approach to Chinese-English literary translation, arguing for the importance of the preservation of both mood (yijing 意境) and music (shenyun 神韵), criticizing the approach of translators who claim to present "plain and literal" versions in English, but in fact do not. The author's arguments are substantiated by his own translations, which are compared with those of other authorities, including William Jenner, former Professor of Chinese at the ANU and David Y. Chen, Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University. This book was awarded a research publication grant by the Chinese State Publication Bureau in 2017 (重磅｜2017年度国家出版基金拟资助项目名单出炉). The author was the founder of Chinese-English literary translation studies at UNSW.
Source: UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney)
Author: JE von Kowallis
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7016077509