摘要
Contents
List of Tables
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the research
1.2 Significance of the research
1.3 Organization of the research
Chapter Two Literature
2.1 Researches of thematic theory in translation
2.2 Researches On the equivalence and the shift in translation of thematic structure
2.3 Researches on the equivalence and the shift in translation of O-Henry’s short stories
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 The deftnition of Theme and Rheme
3.2 Simple,multiple Theme and clausal Theme
3.2.1 Simple Theme
3.2.2 Multiple Theme
3.2.3 Clausal Theme
3.3 The definition of the thematic progression
3.3.1 A continuous Theme thematic progression
3.3.2 A continuous Rheme thematic progression
3.3.3 A simple linear thematic progression
3.3.4 A cross linear thematic progression
Chapter Four Methodology
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Research methods
4.3 The working standard to identify Theme and Rheme in corpus
4.4 The working standard to judge equivalences and shifts between the English text and the Chinese text
4.5 Procedure of data collection
4.6 The selection of the contrastive analysis of The Last Leaf and its Chinese version by Wang Yongnian
Chapter Five Results and Discussions
5.1 The distribution and characteristies of thematic structure
5.1.1 The analysis of the English text
5.1.2 The analysis of the Chinese text
5.2 The distribution and characteristics of thematic progression
5.2.1 The analysis of the Engfish text
5.2.2 The analysis of the Chinese text
5.3 The summary of equivalences and shifts between the two texts
5.3.1 The equivalences and shifts of thematic structure
5.3.2 The equivalences and shifts of thematic progression
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major findings
6.1.1 The equivalence of thematic structure and thematic progression
6.1.2 The shifts ofthematic structure and thematic progression
6.2 Limitations
6.3 Suggestions for future studies
6.4 Suggestions for future translation research
Appendices 1 The English Text Written by O·Henry
Appendices 2 The Chinese Text Translated by Wang Yongnian
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
声明