摘要4-5
Abstract5-8
Chapter One Introduction8-11
1.1 The Background of the Study8-9
1.2 The Research Questions9
1.3 Structure of the Thesis9-11
Chapter Two Literature Review11-27
2.1 Schema Theory11-15
2.1.1 Origin and Development of Schema Theory11-12
2.1.2 The Classification of Schema Theory12-14
2.1.3 The Significance of Schema Theory14-15
2.2 Image Theory15-21
2.2.1 The Origin and Development of Palmer’s Cultural Linguistics15-17
2.2.2 The Concept of Image17-19
2.2.3 The Relationship between Language, Imagery and Culture19-20
2.2.4 Classification of Image20-21
2.3 Image-schema Theory21-24
2.3.1 Definition of Image-schema21-22
2.3.2 Image-schema from the Perspective of Palmer’s Cultural Linguistics22-23
2.3.3 Relationship of Image and Image-schema23-24
2.4 Image Tranission24-27
2.4.1 Previous Studies of Image Tranission24-25
2.4.2 The Difficulties in Image Tranission25-27
Chapter Three Images In Tang poetry27-38
3.1 Tang poetry in Classical Chinese Literature27-28
3.2 Images In Tang poetry28-36
3.2.1 Images of the Natural World29-31
3.2.2 Images of Social Life31-32
3.2.3 Images of Humans32-34
3.2.4Images of Human Society34-35
3.2.5 Images of Supernatural Beings35-36
3.3 The Significance of Image in the Understanding of Poems36-38
Chapter Four Apppcation of Image-schema Theory in Image Tranission in Tang poetry38-55
4.1 Image-schema Theory and Image Tranission38-40
4.1.1 Language Schema and Image Tranission38-39
4.1.2 Content Schema and Image Tranission39-40
4.1.3 Culture Schema and Image Tranission40
4.2 Strategies for Image Tranission40-53
4.2.1 Replacing the Original Image with Target Language-oriented Image40-43
4.2.2 Deleting the Original Image and Keeping Annotations43-47
4.2.3 Preserving the Original Image by Literal Translation47-50
4.2.4 Preserving the Original Images with Explanations50-53
4.3 Brief Summary of the Strategies53-55
Chapter Five Conclusion55-58
5.1 Major Findings of the Thesis55-56
5.2 Limitations of the Research56
5.3 Recommendations for Further Study56-58
References58-61
Acknowledgements61