| In a global culture, the study on translation should enter a broadercross-cultural context. It is no longer a single linguistics-orientedpractice, but a plural culturally-inspired practice. Translation studiesmust attach great importance to historical, cultural as well as politicalcontexts underlying the translated texts.The Pilgrim's Progress is the first western novel rendered into Korea.With the first publication in 1895, there are more than 200 Koreantranslations of this great book. Acclaimed as the representative ofwestern culture, The Pilgrim's Progress fully reflects the newconnotation of cultural translation as well as culture hegemony. Thisresearch tries to analyze the general phenomena which are related to theKorean translation of this masterpiece, from the perspective ofLinguistics, Culture as well as Politics.This thesis comprises two big parts. Partâ… (Chapters 1-2) isbasically a background survey. Partâ…¡(Chapter 3-5) is a critical analysis,combining the Linguistic-empirical study with the Cultural and Politicalinterpretation.Chapter 1 introduces the research meaning, previous achievement inthis field, research purpose and methodology.Chapter 2 comprises three sections. Section Isummarizes the outlineand characteristics of The Pilgrim's Progress; introduction of JohnBunyan as well as his fame in the World. Sectionâ…¡analyzes the backgroundand motivation of translation. Sectionâ…¢elaborates the entiretranslation journey of The Pilgrim's Progress in Korea undergoing fourstates, from historical perspective. Chapter 3 analyzes the Korean translation of The Pilgrim's Progressfrom Linguistics perspective. Sectionâ… introduces the significance ofthe linguistic approach to translation study. Sectionâ…¡analyzes theeffects of the language difference to translation. Sectionâ…¢analyzesthe effects of the domestic language to translation. The former refersto the Korean and English, while the latter refers to the Korean languageitself.Chapter 4 analyzes the Korean translations of The Pilgrim's Progressfrom Cultural perspective. Sectionâ… introduces the significance of thecultural approach to translation study. Sectionâ…¡analyzes the influenceof cultural difference on translation, mainly considering languagecustom,speculation pattern,religious culture as well as folk psychology.Sectionâ…¢analyzes the influence of domestic culture on translation,considering Korean religious, society as well as literary.Chapter 5 analyzes the Korean translations of The Pilgrim's Progressfrom Politics perspective. Sectionâ… introduces the significance of thepolitical approach to translation study. Sectionâ…¡analyzes theinfluence of power difference between West and Korea on translation, toexplore culture hegemony and post-colonialism of western Christianitycountries.The last part is conclusion. A good translation should be bothlinguistically as well as culturally oriented. Translation is greatlyeffected and restricted by the difference between languages, cultures aswell as national power. Thus, it is vital to consider the interferenceof language, culture and power to give a comprehensive analysis totranslation. The goal of Translation Study of Comparative Literature isnot to judge success or failure, merit or shortcoming, but to discuss theinfluence of transnational factors on translation to grasp the generalrules and tendency of translation in a global world. Examples cited for discussion are mainly taken from Partâ… of ThePilgrim' s Progress. The 36 examples used in this thesis are selectedconsidering the literary qualities, cultural and religious features ofthe original novel. |
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