从接受美学理论看《春晓》的四种英译文

On the Translations of Chun Xiao from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics

本文从接受美学理论的两位主要创始人伊瑟尔和姚斯的意义不确定性理论和期待视野理论入手,分析了孟浩然的《春晓》及其四种英译文。文章主要从韵律、意象和意境三个方面阐释了四种译文中美学元素的再现,并给出了笔者的期待视野。笔者认为正是诗歌中的诸多未定性的点和意义空白召唤读者展开联想,而读者期待视野的差异性又使这些联想各不相同,从而不同的译者给出了不同的译文。

This paper begins with two key concepts in theory of reception aesthetics, one is meaning indeterminacy and the other is horizon of expectation. It applies these two concepts to analyze four English versions of Chun Xiao with the focus on the reproduction of the aesthetic constituents from the aspects of rhythm、image and ideorealm. Then it comes to my horizon of expectation with the conclusion that it is the indeterminacy and the difference in expectation horizon that bring forth the various versions.