红楼梦英文介绍.pptxVIP

红楼梦英文介绍会计学第1页/共21页Different transalation of 红楼梦“The introduction of the author and the dynastyMajor characters and the main plotRemarks and videos第2页/共21页红楼梦有两个最有名的英文全译本，分别是英国牛津大学教授大卫.霍克斯（David Hawkes）译本（The Story of the Stone)和中国翻译家杨宪益和夫人戴乃迭的合译本(A Dream of Red Mansions)。第3页/共21页第4页/共21页The writing background of the A dream of red mansions第5页/共21页 The background should be during Emperor kangxi yongzheng in Qing dynasty.Caos ancestors were popular Kangxi,therefore he grew up in prosperous wealth.However in the early yongzheng,his family was badly hit due to the feudal ruling class internal struggle.And then he has led a poor life.This turing made him learn more about the essence of the feudal social system.Since then he concentrated on writing. 第6页/共21页CAO XUEQIN (1715?-63) was born into a family which for three generations held the office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in NanJing, a family so wealthy that they were able to entertain the Emperor four times. But calamity overtook them and their property was confiscated. Cao XueQin was living in poverty near Peking when he wrote his famous novel “The Story of the Stone” 第7页/共21页红楼梦介绍了生活在大型没落封建家庭。在小说的核心是贾宝玉，林黛玉和薛宝钗的爱情悲剧故事。A Dream of Red Mansions describes the life and declining fortunes of a large feudal family. At the heart of the novel is a tragic love story between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai第8页/共21页Baoyu is a rebel of feudal noble class. His rebellious character is fully expressed in his attitude of indifference to the ways ofaristocratic life .He holds in contempt the tiresome men and greatly sympathizes with women, oppressed and trampled by the feudal system, demonstrating his distinct democratic thoughts第9页/共21页Lin Daiyu She is also a rebellious figure of the novel. She represents ,to a certain degree ,women’s unfortunate fate in feudal society, their resistance to its oppression and passionate pursuit for true love. But her weakness is in her restrained and fragile character第10页/共21页Xue Bao