| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| ·Relationship Between Translation and Aesthetics | 第12-14页 |
| ·An Introduction to Aesthetics of Translation | 第14-17页 |
| ·Theme, Purpose and Methodology of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cases in the Study | 第18-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Hong Lou Meng and Its English Versions | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Translators of Hong Lou Meng | 第19-22页 |
| 2 Analysis of A M for Figural Characterization in Hong Lou Ming | 第22-40页 |
| ·Definitions of Metaphor in Chinese and English from Traditional Angles | 第22-23页 |
| ·Definitions of Metaphor in Chinese and English from Cognitive Angles | 第23-26页 |
| ·Interrelation between Metaphor, Culture and Translation | 第26-28页 |
| ·Metaphor and Culture | 第26-27页 |
| ·Culture and Translation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognition of A M for Figural Characterization | 第28-32页 |
| ·A M for Figural Characterization in Hong Lou Meng | 第32-36页 |
| ·Classifications of A M for Figural Characterization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Cultural Features of A M for Figural Characterization | 第34-36页 |
| ·Translation Approaches for A M for Figural Characterization in Hong Lou Meng | 第36-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| 3 Comparisons of Aesthetic Representations of A M for Figural Characterizationbetween the Versions | 第40-44页 |
| ·Statistics and Comparisons | 第40-41页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| 4 The Diversity of Aesthetic Representations of A M for Figural Characterization in the Versions | 第44-67页 |
| ·Aesthetic Interventions of the Translators | 第44-61页 |
| ·Translation Purposes in the Versions | 第47-53页 |
| ·Translation Criterion --- Faithfulness or Expressiveness | 第48-51页 |
| ·Cultural Orientation----Domestication or Foreignization | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Horizon of Expectation in the Versions | 第53-58页 |
| ·Aesthetics of Reception and the Horizon of Expectation | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Horizon of Expectation in the Versions | 第56-58页 |
| ·Features of the Translators' Aesthetic Intervention | 第58-61页 |
| ·Sociality | 第58-59页 |
| ·Creativity | 第59-61页 |
| ·Objective Factors for the Diversity of Aesthetic Representations | 第61-66页 |
| ·Differences between Languages | 第61-62页 |
| ·Differences between Cultures | 第62-65页 |
| ·Synchronic Differences | 第62-64页 |
| ·Diachronic Differences | 第64-65页 |
| ·Differences between Thinking Modes | 第65-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| 5 Conclusions | 第67-71页 |
| ·Findings | 第67-69页 |
| ·Limitations | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-105页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第105-106页 |
| Publication While Registered with the MA Program | 第106-107页 |
