Intertextuality in the English Translations of San Guo Yan Yi

This volume examines the intertextual relations between a variety of English translations of San Guo Yan Yi. The author discovers that excerpted translations are adapted to many genres to fit the translators' own narrations and that the original text, translated texts, and other related English works, are interconnected in one network.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Impact: Tenuous and implicit relations 3. Quotation: Direct and explicit relations 4. Parallel: Symmetrical and analogous relations 5. Transformation: Remoulding genres and characters 6. Conclusion.

Summary

This volume examines the intertextual relations between a variety of English translations of San Guo Yan Yi. The author discovers that excerpted translations are adapted to many genres to fit the translators’ own narrations and that the original text, translated texts, and other related English works, are interconnected in one network.

Product details

• Authors: Wenqing Peng
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781032042251
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204225-1
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form