《新小儿语》：吉卜林童话的早期方言译本研究

英国作家吉卜林的童话故事集《原来如此》,1912年由美国长老会费启鸿师母最早译介到中国,题为《新小儿语》.《原来如此》是现代童话的典范之作,它以儿童的思维方式创作,同时又把成人的智慧、体验、思考和愿望熔铸于其中的奇幻故事.《新小儿语》的翻译为中国现代童话的写作提供了文体和语体的范式.为了契合原著口语化的特征,译者采用上海方言进行翻译,传神地表现了人物的语气、口吻和神态,译文也更为简明易懂,适合儿童阅读.这一译本不仅有助于中国儿童文学的发展,而且对推动白话文运动进程也不无助益.     

吉卜林小说《莉丝帕斯》中的文化身份解读

文章着重探讨了英国首位诺贝尔文学奖获得者鲁亚德.吉卜林早期短篇小说《莉丝帕斯》的身份问题。同吉卜林一样,莉丝帕斯兼具印度和英国两种文化身份。然而,处于两种文化边缘,既遭印度人排挤,又受英国人轻视的莉丝帕斯无法找到自己真正的文化身份,在追寻中陷入了迷失。     

冲突抑或融合——论吉卜林东西方文化观的矛盾及二重性

吉卜林是第一个获得诺贝尔文学奖的英国作家。他的印度题材小说受到了广泛的关注。矛盾及困惑伴随着吉卜林的一生。一方面吉卜林在印度长大,对印度有难以割舍的情怀。另一方面,他是大英帝国的子民,他希望印度能接受英国的教化。吉卜林的双重身份影响他的东西方文化观。文章以文本分析为主,从吉卜林印度题材小说表现的主题分析吉卜林东西方观的矛盾及二重性。东西方文化的＂对立＂将在《伊姆雷的归来》和《野兽的烙印》中体现。东西方文化的融合观将在《普伦巴葛的奇迹》和《基姆》中体现。     

King Demos and His Laureate

This article uses online archives of digitized American and British newspapers to examine the importance of newspaper publication to Rudyard Kipling. Taking ‘The White Man's Burden’ as its particular example, this article recovers the history of that poem's publication and initial reception. That history revises both the poem's date and place of first publication, from Britain to America. In the process, Kipling emerges as a more transatlantic poet than was previously thought, and as a figure who is more influential in America. He is seen to have a sophisticated understanding of the demands and nature of newsprint, of newspapers as a literary and poetic medium, and of newspaper poetry as a journalistic genre. Many agencies and interested parties are seen to be involved in the poem's publication, and the nature of its cultural success offers further evidence for a transatlantic press history.