在传统与现代之间:论林译《迦茵小传》中女性形象的重构

Between Tradition and Modernity:The Reconstruction of Joan Haste in Lin Shu's Translation

林纾《迦茵小传》中的女主人公迦茵,是中国近代翻译文学中引起极大争议的女性形象,本文从社会性别的视角,解读林纾在中国社会由传统走向现代的巨大时代裂变下对迦茵形象的误读与改写。迦茵形象的重塑及其在译入语社会的接受,见证了20世纪初中国性别观念的曲折变迁以及对新型性别秩序的想象与焦虑。在新旧观念和秩序共存的特定时期,翻译成为新旧观念抗衡与对话的场所。

As soon as Lin Shu made available a Chinese version of Joan Haste in the early 20th century, its titular heroine became a controversial figure in China. Adopting a gendered perspective, this paper shows the way Lin Shu misread and rewrote the novel and identifies the differences between Joan Haste's image in the original work and in Lin Shu's translation. It argues that the reconstruction of Joan Haste's image in the Chinese translation and its reception by the Chinese readers reflect both the Chinese people's expectation for and their anxiety over a change in the traditional gender hierarchy. The translation became a place where traditional and new ideas conflicted with and challenged each other.