Author(s)

Zhang Wenlong ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Kashi University, Kashi 844006, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Wenlong

ABSTRACT

Yunnan Province, as an ethnic area at the southwestern border in China, has nurtured many classical works with ethnic characteristics since ancient time. Among them, myths and legends have played a vital role in the history of minority literature. The translated text is selected from the first chapter “Genesis Myths” of Myths and Legends of the Bai. The main purpose of this paper is to take the beginning step for the “Chinese culture going global”. Given that there are few studies no matter at home or abroad about Chinese minority literature, most of the myths have been circulated abroad are the myths of the Central Plains. However, through an in-depth understanding of the mythology of Yunnan Bai people and combining with the parallel text of ancient Greece and Roman mythology, it is found that the Bai myth is similar to the Genesis Myths in western culture. Therefore, based on the Reception Aesthetics theory, the analysis will help English readers resonate with the Bai culture from their own cultural background, and understand the authentic Chinese minority culture deeply, hoping to promote the globalization of the ethnic culture with Chinese characteristics to the rest of the world. In addition, Reception Aesthetics, as a translation theory, has certain advantages of guiding the typical minority literature of Bai ethnic group, which the reason is that the source text embodies plenty of valuable ethnic aesthetics. Therefore, the horizon of reader’s expectation which can interpret the Bai myths as completely as possible is based on the reader's own personal acceptance and understanding. On top of that, under the help of Reception Aesthetics theory, the translation is more suitable for western reading idiomaticity and fulfills the first step of Chinese ethnic culture going global.

KEYWORDS

Myths and legends of the bai people, Going global, Reception aesthetics, Horizon of expectation

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Wenlong. Translation Analysis of the Myths and Legends of the Bai(Excerpt)from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics Theory. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2021) 3: 67-71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2021.030213.

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