本站原创摘要6-7
Abstract7-9
Contents9-11
Chapter One Introduction11-29
1.1 Literature Review11-25
1.1.1 B.S.Bonsall and The Red Chamber Dream11-14
1.1.2 Imagery in Chinese and Western Literary Critici14-19
1.1.3 Previous Studies19-25
1.2 Research Purposes and Significances25-27
1.3 Thesis Structure27-29
Chapter Two Palmer's Cultural Linguistics Theory29-42
2.1 Palmer's Concepts of Imagery29-36
2.1.1 Definition of Imagery31-34
2.1.2 Relationship among Imagery,Language and Culture34-36
2.2 General Principles for Understanding Imagery36-42
2.2.1 Principle of Perceptual Equivalence37-38
2.2.2 Principle of Spatial Equivalence38-39
2.2.3 Principle of Tranormational Equivalence39-40
2.2.4 Principle of Structural Equivalence40-42
Chapter Three Images in Poems of Hongloumeng42-55
3.1 Poems in Hongloumeng42-44
3.2 Classification of Images in Poems of Hongloumeng44-55
3.2.1 Images of Natural World45-47
3.2.2 Images of Human Life47-51
3.2.3 Images of Imagination51-55
Chapter Four Analysis on Image Translation of Poems in The Red Chamber Dreamunder General Principles for Understanding Imagery55-92
4.1 Image Translation under the Principle of Perceptual Equivalence56-64
4.1.1 Paraphrasing Images56-59
4.1.2 Adding Images59-61
4.1.3 Mistranslating Images Due to Errors of the Edition61-64
4.2 Image Translation under the Principle of Spatial Equivalence64-70
4.2.1 Preserving Images without Annotations64-68
4.2.2 Mistranslating Images Due to the Translator's Misunderstanding68-70
4.3 Image Translation under the Principle of Tranormational Equivalence70-79
4.3.1 Preserving Images without Annotations71-72
4.3.2 Preserving Images with Annotations72-76
4.3.3 Mistranslating Images Due to Cultural Differences76-79
4.4 Image Translation under the Principle of Structural Equivalence79-88
4.4.1 Preserving the Original Images79-81
4.4.2 Losing Images81-85
4.4.3 Mistranslating Images Due to Incorrect Choice of Words85-88
4.5 Summary88-92
Chapter Five Conclusion92-97
5.1 Major Findings of the Research92-94
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research94-97
Acknowledgements97-98
Bibpography98-103
Pubpcations while Registered with the MA Program103