Dialogue And Criticism Of Chinese Literature Theory And Western Poetics

With the emergence and rising of Chinese Classical Literary Theory, the sinology abroad is unfolding like a raging fire, and the studies on Classical Chinese Literature and Theory is blossoming at an unprecedented rate in every corner around the world. So the thesis has taken Stephen Owen's works as the research subject to research and discriminate Stephen Owen's distinctive personal style from the perspective of comparative poetics. The author then finds the creative breakthrough he has made in the interpretation of Classical Chinese Literature and Theory and the creative treason in it. At the same time, the author tries to find the origin and cause of creative treason by further exploring the cultural tradition of Classical Chinese Literature and Theory.There are mainly three parts of this essay; the first part is the study on the unique interpretations of Stephen Owen, and the analysis is based on Remembrance, one of his books. The second part is about the translation. Through the translation of The Great Preface in the book of Chinese Literature Theory: English Translation with Criticism, the essay tries to find the deep reason of his unique angle and special translation style in culture level, and these breakthroughs reflects the different essences and operating methods between Chinese Literature Theory and Western Poetics. At last, the third part is from the specific case of Stephen Owen to philosophy and ideology level. The philosophy and ideology differences between western world and eastern world can be found in the comparison between Confucius and humanism, between Daoism and Logos.In the hope of trying to explore the specific methods and ways of bidirectional elucidation between Chinese and Western poetics, the thesis takes such research methods as close reading, culture study and medio-translatology in comparative poetics to reveal the collision and sparkles occurring when Chinese Literature Theory encountered Western Poetics in Stephen Owen's worksIt is undoubted that there are some deviations in the understanding of cross-cultural texts because of the influence of receivers'various elements and the receiving environment. But these deviations can not be eliminated but be narrowed. Stephen Owen's creative treason occurring in the process of cultural adoption is the result of the invisible manipulation of Oriental and Western Civilization, which is why his Literature theory is studies.