| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Objective of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Reason for Choosing Red Sorghum | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| 2.1 Overview of Reception Aesthetics | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2 Key Notions of Reception Aesthetics | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2.1 Horizon of Expectations | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.2 Spots of Indeterminacy and Blanks | 第15-16页 |
| 2.3 Mo Yan and His Red Sorghum | 第16-18页 |
| 2.4 Howard Goldblatt and His Opinions on Translation | 第18-21页 |
| 2.5 Previous Studies on the Translation of Red Sorghum | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Text Analysis of English Version of Red Sorghum fromthe Perspective of Reception Aesthetics | 第23-49页 |
| 3.1 Meeting Target Readers’ Horizon of Expectations | 第23-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Conversion of Units of Measurement | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Supplement in Translation | 第25-27页 |
| 3.1.3 Deletion and Rewriting of Political Information | 第27-30页 |
| 3.1.4 Deletion and Rewriting of Information about Dogs | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.5 Rewriting of Inconsistent Plots | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 Challenging Target Readers’ Horizon of Expectations | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2.1 Avoiding of Annotation | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Keeping the Form of Culture-loaded Phrases | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.3 Keeping the Form of Address | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 Combination of both Meeting and Challenging Target Readers’ Horizon ofExpectations | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Translation of Names of Characters | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3.2 Translation of Religious Terms | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Reducing Spots of Indeterminacy and Blanks | 第39-46页 |
| 3.4.1 Rearranging Order of Some Plots | 第40-43页 |
| 3.4.2 Segmentation of Paragraphs | 第43-44页 |
| 3.4.3 Supplement to the Plots | 第44-46页 |
| 3.5 Enlarging Spots of Indeterminacy and Blanks | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| 4.1 Successful Factors in Howard Goldblatt’s Translation | 第49-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Satisfying Readers | 第49页 |
| 4.1.2 Challenging Readers | 第49-50页 |
| 4.1.3 Readers-centered Strategy | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Limitations of the Study and Suggestion for Further Studies | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第55-56页 |
