Author(s)

Dong Wang ¹, Wanqing Pan ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ English Department, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
² School of International Studies, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou, 510303, China

Corresponding Author

Dong Wang

ABSTRACT

Yuan Zaju was the earliest form of Chinese drama to spread to the West. The foreign dissemination and translation of the Yuan Zaju The Orphan of Zhao initiated the first wave of enthusiasm for the translation of Yuan Zaju abroad. The dissemination and translation of the Yuan Zaju brings about positive impact on the dissemination of Chinese culture. After 2010, scholars also focused on exploring the translation methods and strategies and conducted examinations from a cross-cultural perspective in their research. As for the studies on the English translation of Guan Hanqing's Yuan Zaju, scholars mostly take a certain famous play of Guan Hanqing as the entry point. The English translation practices and research hotspots of Guan Hanqing's plays abroad mainly include Snow in Midsummer, Single Sword Meeting and The Injustice to Dou E. In order to truly achieve the goal of conveying the essence and meaning of Guan Hanqing's Zaju, the translator should flexibly utilizes translation stratagies and eliminate cultural barriers.

KEYWORDS

Research status; translation strategies; Guan Hanqing; Yuan zaju

CITE THIS PAPER

Dong Wang, Wanqing Pan, Research Status and Translation Strategies of Guan Hanqing's Zaju. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 91-97. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070714.

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