Translation of the contrastive scenes and implication in River snow

This paper makes a brief analysis of the scenes and implication of the famous Ancient Chinese poem River snow. It makes a comparison and contrast of the five typical English versions from the perspective of the translation of its static and dynamic states. The paper also discusses the meaning of “du diao han jiang xue”, and how to better translate the key word “diao”.

茅威涛:越剧是我的宗教,舞台是我的佛门

《艺术评论》：沿着您多年的艺术创作轨迹,从《寒情》、《孔乙已》到《藏书之家》、新版《梁祝》等,能够看到其中明晰的方向和追求。我想知道您如何看待《江南好人》在这个轨迹中的位置？茅威涛：《江南好人》的创作,相当于《西厢记》之后创作的《寒情》和《孔乙己》等作品,是在追求越剧唯美、诗化的纯度和高度之后的思变,是逐步沉淀下来的某种思考：怎样避免复制那种众所周知、业已习惯了的唯美风格。