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1、硕士学位论文 Reflections on the Applicability of Polysystem Theory from the Interplay between Translated Literarure and National Literature in the May 4(th) Period A Case Study on Lu Xun and Lin Yutang S Literary Translation and Creation 专业名称： 英语语言文学 作者姓名： 杨凯 指导老师：毕熙燕 REFLECTIONS ON THE APPLICABILITY OF P

2、OLYSYSTEM THEORY FROM THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN TRANSLATED LITERARURE AND NATIONAL LITERATURE IN THE MAY 4TH PERIOD _ A CASE STUDY ON LU XUN AND LIN YUTANGS LITERARY TRANSLATION AND CREATION by YANG KAI A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School of Xian International Studies University in partial fulfill

3、ment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in LITERARY TRANSLATION Xian， China 2014 本论文由杨凯在其导师毕熙燕的指导下撰写而成，经论文答辩委员会 评审、答辩，该论文达到 英语语言文学 专业硕士学位论文水 平。 导师：毕熙燕 答辩主席：王满良 日期 2014/5/29 研宄生部主任：魏在江 ORIGINALITY RESEARCH STATEMENT In light of the universitys academic morals and ethics, I hereby de

4、clare that this thesis represents the original research effort that I have made on the advice of my academic supervisor. To the best of my knowledge, no portion of this thesis has been copyrighted previously unless properly referenced, and whoever has contributed to this study is explicitly identifi

5、ed and appreciated in the Acknowledgements section of this thesis. If there is a breach of the copyright law, I indemnify Xian International Studies University and hold it harmless for any legal actions that might arise. Signature 独创性声明 秉承学校严谨的学风与优良的科学道德，我声明所呈交的论文是我本人在导师指导下进 行的研究工作所取得的成果。尽我所知，除了文中特别

6、加以标注和致谢的地方外，论文中不 包含其他人己经发表或撰写的研宄成果，不包含本人或他人已申请学位或其他用途使用过的 成果。他人对本研究所做的任何贡献均己在论文中作了明确的说明并表示了致谢。 申请学位论文与资料若有不实之处，本人承担一切相关责任。 作者 签名： 杨凯 曰 期： 2014 年 5 月 29 日 iv INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT I hereby declare that I fully understand the rules and regulations of Xian International Studies University on

7、intellectual property rights, stipulating that the intellectual property of the graduate students MA degree thesis shall reside exclusively with the university. I pledge that Xin International Studies University will be represented as ever if this thesis is entirely or partially published in the for

8、thcoming five years as of the date of my graduation. The university is granted the right to keep the photocopy and disk file of this thesis for reference and borrowing, publish the thesis wholly or partially and store it in any form by any means, including photocopying or photomechanical printing in

9、 original or reduced format. Signature: Date: v 知识产权声明 本人完全了解西安外国语大学有关知识产权的规定，即：研究生在校攻读硕士学 位期间论文工作的知识产权单位属西安外国语大学。本人保证毕业离校后 5 年以 内（自办理离校手续之日起），发表论文或使用论文工作成果时署名单位仍然为 西安外国语大学。学校有权保留送交论文的复印件和磁盘文件，允许论文被查阅 和借阅；学校可以公布论文的全部或部分内容，可以采用影印、缩印或其他复制 手段保存论文。 作者 签名： 杨凯 曰 期： 2014 年 5 月 29 曰 vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wo

10、uld like to avail myself of the opportunity to express my gratitude to those who contribute a lot to my postgraduate study in XISU and the fulfillment of my MA Dissertation. First of all, my earnest appreciation should go to my supervisor, Dr Vivian Bi, who has rendered me with invaluable instructio

11、n, constant encouragement and penetrating comments on my study and research during the three-year postgraduate education and in the meanwhile, I owe a great indebtedness for her painstaking work in reading and revising my thesis. My heartfelt thanks also extend to those faculties of School of Englis

12、h studies, XISU, and Professors from other famous university, home and abroad, and I am benefited to a great deal via lectures delivered by Professor Dang Zhengsheng, Professor Yang Dafu, and Professor Wei Zaijiang, Professor Gu Zhengkun, Professor Christiane Nord and the high rank Australian author

13、 Mr Robert Macklin etc in one way or another. I am grateful to Prof Huang Libo and my senior Dr. Wu Bian for their precious advice on my learning. I also would like to thank those staff members from the graduate school of XISU, especially our counselor, Ms Xiong Hualing, who facilitates our study in

14、 XISU and contributes a lot to our daily life in the campus. To end up, I appreciate my parents for their continuous backup and supervision on my study, which is of great significance to the accomplishment of this paper. Vll ABSTRACT The polysystem theory is a culture theory proposed by the Israel s

15、cholar, Itamar Even-Zohar in the 1970s. This theory overthrows the linguistic-based paradigm of translation stuides, which is source-language oriented and stresses faithfulness and equivalence. It claims that translation studies should be placed in a historical and socio-cultural context and employs

16、 the systemic approach to describe the translation process, product and function in an objective way. The polysystem theory attempts to seek norms beyond the text, intepreting and anticipating the translational phenomena themselves, which reinforces the contextual function of target-language and exp

17、lores a new domain for translation studies. Transalted literature and national literature of the May 4th Period interwine, influence, and promote each other and establish a rewarding interactive relationship. The interplay betwwen translated literature and national litearture is directly and specifi

18、cally represented by the writer and translators literary translation and creation, while in the period of the May 4th, Lu Xun and Lin Yutang are the most outstanding representatives among the numerous elites. Since the birth of polysystem theory, it has attracted extensive attention in the academic

19、circles at home and abroad. The domestic academia has procured abundant achievements, yet the typical problem is that research concerning the applicability of the theory is far from sufficient. Opinions vary on whether the theory is applicable to study the specific period of Chinese translated liter

20、ature history. In order to fill this research gap, the present research first and foremost proposes a hypothesis that Polysystem theory does have applicabilty to interpreting the translated literature in the May 4th Period. Simultaneously, employing the descriptive approach of PST(PST is short for P

21、olysystem theory in the whole thesis), the author depicts the impacts of translated lietarture upon national literature in the literary level. Besides, based on those viewpoints of PST correlated with the dynamic relation of translated and national literature in the literary polysysytem, the author

22、explores the relationship between the May 4th translated literature and the target-language literary polysystem, at the same time, there is an objective analysis of translators startegies and slections of vm source-texts. In this way, the athuor aims to set up a model about the interactive realtions

23、hip of the May 4th translated literature and national literature and testifies the hypothesis proposed. The study reveals that PST has its applicabilty in intepreting the translated lietarture of a specific period as a whole under the historical, socio-cultural context yet it has little explanatory

24、power on the interplay between individual translators literary translation and creation. The present research, theoretically, is of postive significance to the development of Chinese translation theory along with broadening translation studies in the fields of literature, culture and history. In pra

25、ctice, it can serve as a model for studying other periods in Chinese translated literature history. Key words: Applicability; Polysystem Theory, Interplay; Translated Literature; National Literature; The May 4th Period; Lu Xun; Lin Yutang; Literary Translation and Creation ix 多元系统论是以色列学者伊塔马 埃文一佐哈尔在

26、20 世纪 70 年代提出的一种文化理论。 该理论颠覆了以源语为导向、片面追求忠实、等效的语言学派研究范式，主张将翻译研究置 身于社会、历史、文化语境下，运用系统的方法，对翻译过程、产品及作用进行客观描写性 研究。多元系统论试图从文本之外寻求各种翻译规范，对翻译现象本身进行解释和预测，提 升了目标语文化语境对翻译的作用，为翻译研究开拓了新境界。五四时期的翻译文学与本土 文学相互影响，相互促进，形成一种良性的互动关系。五四时期 翻译文学与本土文学的互动， 最直接、最具体的表现为文学家兼翻译家的文学翻译和文学创作的互动。文学家兼译者在其 中扮演的是中介性角色，而鲁迅、林语堂则是众多五四精英中将二者

27、集于一身的杰出代表。 多元系统论自问世以来，受到了国内外学术界的广泛关注。国内学术界对其研究取得了 丰富的成果，但反映的突出问题是对该理论本身的适用性认识不足。针对该理论是否能够应 用于中国翻译史上特定时期的研宄，众说纷纭，意见不一。为了弥补前人研宄的不足，本研 宄首先提出多元系统论对于解释五四时期翻译文学具备适用性的假设。再者，借鉴多元系 统 论的描述性研宄方法，对五四翻译文学对本土文学在文学层面的影响作客观描述。此外，依 据多元系统论有关翻译文学与本土文学在文学多元系统中动态关系的观点，探宄五四时期翻 译文学与译入语文学多元系统之间的关系，与此同时，对该时期译者的选材、翻译策略进行 客观分

28、析。其目的在于，建立五四时期翻译文学与本土文学的互动关系模式，依据此模式， 对五四两位巨匠一鲁迅与林语堂先生的文学翻译与文学创作互动关系事实进行检验，以验证 多元系统论在解释中国翻译文学特定历史时期上有关适用性的假设。研宄发现，多元系统论 在阐释宏观社会、 历史文化语境下特定时期翻译文学的整体面貌上具有适用性，但对翻译家 个体的文学翻译和文学创作的互动关系研宄不具备参照性。本研宄在理论上，对翻译理论的 发展以及翻译视域在文学、文化、历史等领域的扩大具有积极意义，在实践上，可为考察中 国翻译史上其他时期的特征提供一个可供借鉴的范例。 关键词：适用性；多元系统论；互动关系；翻译文学；本土文学；五四

29、时期；鲁迅 ; 林语堂；文学翻译；文学创作 CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Description of the Thesis and Its Significance . 1 1.2 Aims, Methodologies and Prospective Results of the Study . 5 1.3 Structure of the Thesis . 7 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW. 9 2.1 A Review on Poly system Theory . 9 2.1.1 Polysystem Th

30、eory Study Abroad . 9 2.1.2 Domestic Study on Polysystem Theory . 10 2.2 A Review on the Interplay between Chinese Translated Literature and National Literature . 12 2.3 The Gaps of Previous Research and the Point of Departure of the Present Study . 14 CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK . 16 3.1 Theo

31、ry Correlated with the Interplay between Translated Literature and National Literature . 16 3.1.1 School of Poly system . 16 3.1.2 School of Translation Studies . 18 3.2 Viewpoints from Polysystem Theory in the Present Study . 18 CHAPTER IV INFLUENCE OF TRANSLATED LITERATURE UPON NATIONAL LITERATURE

32、 IN THE MAY 4TH PERIOD . 20 4.1 The Broadening of the Literary Genres . 20 4.2 The Enrichment of the Themes . 22 4.3 The Establishment of the Language . 23 CHAPTER V THE APPLICATION OF POLYSYSTEM THEORY TO TRANSLATED LITERATURE IN THE MAY 4TH PERIOD . 30 5.1 Hypothesis Concerning the Applicability o

33、f PST . 30 5.2 The Chinese Cultural Position in the World Culture Polysystem . 32 xi 5.3 The Position of Translated Literature in the Literary Polysystem . 34 5.4 The Source-Text Selection in the May 4th Period . 39 5.5 The Translators Strategies in the May 4th Period . 42 CHAPTER VI VERIFICATION OF

34、 THE INTERPLAY MODEL BY LU XUN AND LINYUTANGS LITERARY TRANSLATION AND CREATION . 47 6.1 Lu Xun and Lin Yu tangs Source-Text Selection in the May 4th Period . 48 6.2 Lu Xun and Lin Yutang9s Translation Strategies in the May 4th Period . 51 CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION . 56 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 59 LISTS OF TABLE

35、S Table 1: The Framework of Reasoning . 6 Table 2: The Impact of Translated Literature upon National Literature. 29 Table 3: The Systemic Division of Chinese Literary Polysystem in light of PST . 33 Table 4: Works of National Literature & Translated Literature from 1910-1935 . 37 Table 5: The Restri

36、ction of National Literature towards Translated Literature . 45 Table 6: The Interplay Model between Translated Literature and National Literature.45 Table 7: Lu Xuns Literary Translation 1917-1927 . 49 Table 8: Lin Yutangs Literary Translation 1928-1940 . 51 xm CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter c

37、omprises three sections. At the very outset, a description of the items relevant to the thesis is made and their mutual relationship is elaborated, and it is followed by an elucidation of the significance of the study. Additionally, the thesis is continued by a summarization of the aims, methodologi

38、es and prospective results. Eventually, there is a description of the structure of the thesis. 1.1 Description of the Thesis and Its Significance Since the dissertation attempts to reflect the applicability of PST from the specific perspective, the interplay between the May 4th translated literature

39、 and national literature, the description pertaining to this thesis encompasses three aspects: the delineation of the May 4th Period, the depict of the interactive relationship of translated literature and national literature, and an overview of the PST. Towards the delineation of the May 4th period

40、, the Chinese academia adopts different criteria but mainly falls upon two categories. Some scholars claim that the launch of the May 4th patriotic movement in 1919 should be regarded as the threshold of the May 4th Period. For instance, while compiling the translation history of American and Britis

41、h since the May 4th Period, the scholar Wang Jiankai takes 1919 as his starting point of elaboration. (Wang Jiankai, 2003: 1). In contrast, other scholars maintain that the beginning of the May 4th Period is marked by the May 4th literary revolution sponsored in the year 1917. For example, when she expounds the literary translation of the May 4th Period, Ren Shukun differentiates the May 4th Period from 1917-1927 on the grounds that the upper limit of the May 4th Period is symbolized by the publication of Hu Shi9s On Literary Reforms on La Jeunesse in January, 1917, and the lowe