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Tracing Jo March in China A Corpus-Based Cognitive Stylistic Study of Characterization in Chinese Translations of Little Women
By Yuan Tao
Copyright 2027
188 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
This book explores Jo March's portrayal in Chinese translations of Little Women over the past century, using narratology, gender studies, cognitive stylistics, and descriptive translation studies to analyze her representation across surface structure, text base, and situation model.
The findings reveal the diachronic evolution of Jo March's characterization, from a masculine-coded figure to a... Read more
1. Introduction 2. From Life to Literature: Alcott’s Feminist Narrative of Selfhood, Feminist Role Model, and Generic Innovation 3. Theoretical Insights into Characterization, Descriptive Translation Studies, and Feminist Translation 4. Research Design and Methodology 5. Data Analysis 6. Research Findings and Discussion 7. Conclusion
Biography
Yuan Tao is an Associate Professor of Translation Studies at Dalian University of Technology, China. She received her doctoral degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests include literary and multimodal translation, and her work has appeared in Target, Women’s Studies, and Archiv Orientalni.
