Study On The Construction Of Manipulation Of Maindiscourse Through Translation During The May4^thperiod

The third translation tide occurring during The May4^th period offour translation tides in Chinese history which greatly promoted thedevelopment of Chinese translation was most appealing. This translationtide pushed the development of translation, promoting translation fromperiphery position to the central position in the big system of Chineseculture, accelerating the collapse of the feudal society, marking the startof modernization. However the researches which need to be done moreelaborately on the literary translation during the May4^th period was oftenmentioned a little in literary history or translation history. This thesisfocuses on the translation, acceptance and transformation of the discourseof “Individuality” so as to approach the relationship between literarytranslation and mainstream discourses during the May4^th period. Thisthesis combines mainstream discourses and literary translation together,ideologies and translation together, playing as an attempt of literarytranslation during the May4^th period.With unique social and cultural background in this period, manydiscourses prevailing in western countries some years ago wereintroduced into China by the insightful people, which happened with thedevelopment of translation. Among these discourses,“IndividualityLiberation” gained most attraction for it was in accordance with the socialconditions of China at that time. Depending on translation, the discourse of “Individuality Liberation” moved from periphery positioninto center. Therefore, Even Zohar’s polysystem theory was applied toconclude the happening, process and the influence upon Chinese modernthoughts culture so as to probe the significance of the translation of theMay4^th period discourses upon the construction of Chinese culturaldiscourses.