“劝惩”意识在中国古代小说中的衍化

中国古代小说自汉代始,便具有了要服务于儒家政教伦理的要求。此后的中国古代小说发展史基本延续了这一小说观,并逐渐衍化为中国古代小说特有的一种劝诫意识。在唐传奇中,开始普遍出现以起首、结尾的“引子”“楔子”来暗示、解释小说叙事立场的“劝惩”结构。到了宋元明的话本、拟话本小说,尤其是明清世情小说中,小说家们更多将劝诫题旨内化到小说的深层肌理。“劝惩”意识深刻影响了中国古代小说的题材选择、结构形态和审美视野。

Cultural Context and Translation of the Tibetan Epic Gesar

So far Gesar has been translated into a number of versions.In translating and retranslating Gesar,how to be faithful to the original version in ethnic and cultural traits and to reflect its literary aesthetics is a common problem existing in the translation of minority classics.This paper attempts to discuss the translation problems and translation strategy of Gesar in the perspective of cultural context in order to provide references for the translation and spread of Gesar.