后现代语境下跨文化传播的“图像转向”——蔡志忠漫画中英文版《论语》的启示

《论语》在其产生后的两千多年历史中,对中国、亚洲乃至世界政治、经济、文化、社会等各个层面都产生了深刻的影响。《论语》在其复译过程中产生了逾四十本风格迥异的译本,其中蔡志忠漫画中英文版《论语》为经典阐释开辟了一条新的道路。蔡版《论语》把作为一本充满东方气韵的古代哲思语录《论语》从独一无二或少数人特权的局限中解放出来,使之成为兼具民族个性及大众欢迎的文化产品,引发出我们对跨文化传播的思考。

Cross-Cultural Icongraphical Turn in "Postmodern Context"——Cai Zhizhong's contribution to cross-cultural transmission in the Chinese-English Analects

Confucius and his Analects have had great impact on China and Asia,and even on the whole world＇s politics,economy,culture,society,etc.for about 2500 years after it came out.With exemplification as well as retranslation,this classical Chinese works has gained its after-life.Currently over forty English versions have been produced in re-translation,among which Cai Zhizhong＇s cartoon Chinese-English version has ushered a new road for classical translation.This paper intends to analyze how Cai Zhizhong worked out Analects,an Oriental wisdom collection,to liberate itself from its bounds and become a popular reader welcomed by individuals and the broad masses as a cultural product,based on which it draws great consideration of the cross-cultural transmission work.