红楼梦-英文PPT介绍

ADreamoftheredmansionsXUEQINCAODifferenttransalationof红楼梦“TheintroductionoftheauthorandthedynastyMajorcharactersandthemainplotRemarksandvideos红楼梦有两个最有名的英文全译本，分别是英国牛津大学教授大卫.霍克斯（DavidHawkes）译本（TheStoryoftheStone)和中国翻译家杨宪益和夫人戴乃迭的合译本(ADreamofRedMansions)。ThewritingbackgroundoftheAdreamofredmansionsThebackgroundshouldbeduringEmperorkangxiyongzhenginQingdynasty.Cao'sancestorswerepopularKangxi,thereforehegrewupinprosperouswealth.Howeverintheearlyyongzheng,hisfamilywasbadlyhitduetothefeudalrulingclassinternalstruggle.Andthenhehasledapoorlife.Thisturingmadehimlearnmoreabouttheessenceofthefeudalsocialsystem.Sincethenheconcentratedonwriting.CAOXUEQIN(1715?-63)wasbornintoafamilywhichforthreegenerationsheldtheofficeofCommissionerofImperialTextilesinNanJing,afamilysowealthythattheywereabletoentertaintheEmperorfourtimes.Butcalamityovertookthemandtheirpropertywasconfiscated.CaoXueQinwaslivinginpovertynearPekingwhenhewrotehisfamousnovel“TheStoryoftheStone”ADreamofRedMansionsdescribesthelifeanddecliningfortunesofalargefeudalfamily.AttheheartofthenovelisatragiclovestorybetweenJiaBaoyu,LinDaiyuandXueBaochai红楼梦介绍了生活在大型没落封建家庭。在小说的核心是贾宝玉，林黛玉和薛宝钗的爱情悲剧故事。Baoyuisarebeloffeudalnobleclass.Hisrebelliouscharacterisfullyexpressedinhisattitudeofindifferencetothewaysofaristocraticlife.Heholdsincontemptthetiresomemenandgreatlysympathizeswithwomen,oppressedandtrampledbythefeudalsystem,demonstratinghisdistinctdemocraticthoughtsLinDaiyuSheisalsoarebelliousfigureofthenovel.Sherepresents,toacertaindegree,women’sunfortunatefateinfeudalsociety,theirresistancetoitsoppressionandpassionatepursuitfortruelove.ButherweaknessisinherrestrainedandfragilecharacterXueBaochaiSheisoneoftheprincipalcharactersintheclassicChinesenovelDreamoftheRedmansions.Sheisextremelybeautifulandsociallygraceful,butisnotedforherinnercoldness.Sheisportrayedasaconventionalwomanoffeudalsociety,andsheisalsoatragicfigure.JinlingtwelveChai•1、LinDaiyu2、XueBaochai•3、JiaYuanchun4、JiaTanChun•5、Shixiangyun6、Miaoyu•7、JiaYingchun8、JiaXichun•9、WangXifeng10、JiaQiao•11、LiWan12、Qingkeqinwhenitcomestothisbook,whatwillyouthinkabout?•TheencyclopediaofFeudalsociety(封建社会的百科全书)•oneofthefourmasterpieces(杰作)ofnovelsinChina•thetriangular(三角的)love•thedecay(衰退)ofanoble(贵族的)family•Somepeoplesaidcaoxueqin'sworkofADreamofRedMansionsisjustaboutart,anditcannotbeinvolvedinpolitics.Idon'tseeitthatway.•Thedarknessofofficialdom(官僚主义)•Thedecadentfeudalaristocracy(腐朽的封建贵族)•Theruthlessimperialexaminationsystem(无情的科举制度)•Theancientmarriagesystemofinequality•TheStoryoftheStonecanbereferredtoasanencyclopediaofFeudalsocietyandithinkitalsocanbedescribedasanencyclopediaoflife.Itreflectstheeraatthattime.Thenovelusearistocraticsociety'slifesituation.Itvividlydescribestheendof18thcenturyChinafeudalsociety'sentirelife.Itisamirrorofthehistoryoflifeandthemicrocosm.China'sancientfeudalsocietyhasirreversiblycollapse.(崩溃瓦解)•周汝昌：《红楼梦》是我们中华民族的一部古往今来、绝无仅有的“文化小说”。从所有中国明清两代重要小说来看，没有哪一部能像《红楼梦》具有如此惊人广博而深厚的文化内涵的了。•鲁迅：其要点在敢于如实描写，并不讳饰，和从前的小说叙好人完全是好，坏人完全是坏的，大不相同。所以其中所叙的人物，都是真的人物。总之，自有《红楼梦》出来以后，传统的思想和写法都打破了”。•张爱玲：有人说过“三大恨事”是“一恨鲥鱼多刺，二恨海棠无香”，第三件不记得了，也许因为我下意识的觉得应当是“三恨红楼梦未完”。•宗璞：《红楼梦》是一部挖掘不尽的书，随着时代的变迁，读者的更换，会产生新的内容，新的活力。它本身是无价之宝，又起着聚宝盆的作用，把种种的睿思，色色深情都聚在周围，发出耀目的光辉。”•Exquisiteandrealisticplot•Richliteraryandartisticquality•Matureandvividlanguage•Richandcolorfulhumanitycharacteristics•Complexandcruelsocialbackground•Beautifulandmovinglovestory