Chronology Entry
Year
1985
Text
Li, Wenjun. Yuan hua yu sao dong yi yu duan xiang [ID D30401].
Li Wenjun described the difficulty of translating The sound and the fury by William Faulkner. "The sound and the fury haunted me day and night for almost two years. I felt as if I were living in a dream, sometimes sweet, but more often nightmarish".
Tao Jie : In order to be prepared for the job, he had collected and studied a great many important critical works on Faulkner, reminiscences by Faulkner's friends and relatives, readers' guides, reference books and the dictionary about characters in Faulkner's works. He tried to find out about the characteristics and developments of stream-of-consciousness fiction. He read the novel so many times that he felt he knew the story inside out. He went to scholars and specialists for help and advice and asked American scholars visiting his Institute of Foreign Literature about American culture and customs and to confirm or correct his understanding of certain details in the novel.
Li Wenjun described the difficulty of translating The sound and the fury by William Faulkner. "The sound and the fury haunted me day and night for almost two years. I felt as if I were living in a dream, sometimes sweet, but more often nightmarish".
Tao Jie : In order to be prepared for the job, he had collected and studied a great many important critical works on Faulkner, reminiscences by Faulkner's friends and relatives, readers' guides, reference books and the dictionary about characters in Faulkner's works. He tried to find out about the characteristics and developments of stream-of-consciousness fiction. He read the novel so many times that he felt he knew the story inside out. He went to scholars and specialists for help and advice and asked American scholars visiting his Institute of Foreign Literature about American culture and customs and to confirm or correct his understanding of certain details in the novel.
Mentioned People (2)
Faulkner, William
(New Albany, Miss. 1897-1962 Byhalia, Miss.) : Schriftsteller, Nobelpreisträger
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Li, Wenjun
(1930-) : Anglist, Übersetzer, Lektor, Redakteur Shi jie wen xue, Chairman Translators Association of China
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1990 | Tao, Jie. Faulkner's short stories and novels in China. In : Faulkner and the short story. Ed. by Evans Harrington and Ann J. Abadie. (Jackson : University of Mississippi Press, 1992). (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 1990). | Publication / Faul5 |
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