World Poetics and Comparative Poetics

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Jonathan Locke Hart ◽  
Ming Xie
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Poetics

scholarly journals A Study of the English Translations of “Shen Si” in Wen Xin Diao Long

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Zhu Defen
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Literary Theories ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Comparison And Analysis ◽  
Comparative Poetics

This research aims at finding out how we can benefit from comparing Chinese and Western poetics when translating texts of traditional Chinese literary theories into English. We will try to find out, from the perspectives of comparative poetics, the difficulties and solutions in translating traditional Chinese literary theories into English. We will also see how comparative poetics would affect the translating strategies and the readers’ understanding of the translated texts. The paper starts with a comparison and analysis of the four English translations of the “Shen Si” (《神思》) chapter in WXDL. The comparisons and analyses expose problems in translating traditional Chinese literary theories into English, but it also gives us some insights. We find that some characteristics of the text, such as the critical terms, the figurative use of language, and the numerous quotes and illusions, impose lots of challenges to the translating. We also find that a comparative study of Chinese and Western poetics in many ways is helpful to the translation of the texts of traditional Chinese literary theories.

Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature

1993 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Makoto Ueda ◽  
Earl Miner
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Poetics

Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature

1993 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline D. Eckhardt ◽  
Earl Miner
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Poetics
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