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1、Lecture1IntroductionLiteraryTranslation•Literarytranslationisthetranslationofliterature,whichisdifferentfromothertranslation,ornon-literarytranslation.Itistoalargeextentunique.•Theuniquenessofliterarytranslationarisesfromtheuniquenessofliteratureasis
2、comparedwithothertypesofwriting.Inwhatwayisliteratureunique?Ortobemorespecific,whatisliterature?•Ifwewanttostudyliterature,wemustfirstdefineliteratureandfindoutwhatdistinguishesliteraturefromnon-literature.§Literature:§Languageartisticallyusedtoachie
3、veidentifiableliteraryqualitiesandtoconveymeaningfulmessages.§Literatureischaracterizedbybeautyofexpressionandformandbyuniversalityofintellectualanemotionalappeal.•Literaturecanbeclassifiedintomanydifferenttypes:poetry,drama,proseandfiction.Forms(Gen
4、res)ofLiteraturePoetry(verse),novel(fiction),drama,prose(↔verse)essay,epic,elegy,•Allthesetypesofliteratureshareonethingincommon:literariness•Literatureisdefinablebecauseituseslanguageinpeculiarways,asacontrasttotheordinaryoreverydayuseoflanguage.•In
5、otherwords,apieceofliteratureisregardedassobecauseithasliterariness,orituseslanguageinparticularways.•Thepredominantfunctionofcreativeliteratureisnotthesameasothers,ornon-literarytexts.•Literatureisaesthetic-orientedwhilenon-literatureisofteninformat
6、ion-oriented.•Literatureischaracterizedbyacreativeuseoflanguage,whichisdifferentfromnon-literarylanguageoreverydaylanguage.•1)Shetreatedthatladywitheverydemonstrationofcoolrespect.她对于那位夫人不冷不热,不错规矩。§2)Shehadsuchakindly,smiling,tender,gentle,generoushe
7、artofherown.她心地善良,待人和气,性格温柔,举止高雅,为人大方。3)WhyistheletterTlikeanisland?/Becauseitisinthemiddleofwater.因何竖钩像座岛?/竖钩在水中央。(毛础安)4)“Whatdoesthatlawyerdoafterhedies?”“Liestill.”“那个律师死后还能干什么?”/“躺着说鬼话”。(马红军译)3.RussianFormalism•Literarinessisthedividinglinebetwee
8、nliteratureandnon-literature.•ThisideawasputforwardsbyRussianFormalists,whobecauseofthisdiscovery,influencedthecourseofliterarytheory.Subjectmatterisnolongerthemostimportant:•Literarinesscannotbedefinedbytheobjectsdepictedinthetexts.•Literarinessmust