A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory
The translation of children’s literature has captured great attention due to the specific features of this literary type. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is undoubtedly a classic in children’s literature which has been translated into many languages and spread all over the world. This dissertation has u...
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| description | The translation of children’s literature has captured great attention due to the specific features of this literary type. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is undoubtedly a classic in children’s literature which has been translated into many languages and spread all over the world. This dissertation has used two Chinese versions of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer as the sample texts and presents an analysis of them from the perspective of the Skopos theory. With such a contrastive study, this dissertation aims to reveal how applicable the Skopos theory is in the translation of children’s literature.
Key words: children’s literature; The Adventure of Tom Sawyer; Skopos theory; fidelity；rhetoric effects；idiomatic uses |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1398162020-05-21T12:55:27Z A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory Sun, Ran - School of Humanities Wang Shengyu wangsy@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature::Chinese The translation of children’s literature has captured great attention due to the specific features of this literary type. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is undoubtedly a classic in children’s literature which has been translated into many languages and spread all over the world. This dissertation has used two Chinese versions of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer as the sample texts and presents an analysis of them from the perspective of the Skopos theory. With such a contrastive study, this dissertation aims to reveal how applicable the Skopos theory is in the translation of children’s literature. Key words: children’s literature; The Adventure of Tom Sawyer; Skopos theory; fidelity；rhetoric effects；idiomatic uses Master of Arts (Contemporary China) 2020-05-21T12:55:27Z 2020-05-21T12:55:27Z 2020 Thesis-Master by Coursework https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139816 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Literature::Chinese Sun, Ran A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title | A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title_full | A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title_fullStr | A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title_short | A contrastive study on two Chinese versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| title_sort | contrastive study on two chinese versions of the adventures of tom sawyer in light of the skopos theory |
| topic | Humanities::Literature::Chinese |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139816 |
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