Keywords
Literary reception
Interpretation
Foreign literary works
Cultural context
Confucianism
Taoism
Translation
Case studies
Submitted : 2024-05-07
Accepted : 2024-05-22
Published : 2024-06-06
Abstract
This essay delves into the intricate relationship between Chinese cognitive patterns and the reception and interpretation of foreign literary works. Grounded in the multifaceted landscape of Chinese culture, including its philosophical underpinnings, linguistic nuances, and societal norms, the study explores how these cognitive patterns inform the reception, comprehension, and analysis of foreign texts within the Chinese cultural framework. Through a series of case studies, including examinations of works such as Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote,” Hermann Hesse’s “Siddhartha,” Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” and J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the essay sheds light on the nuanced dynamics of cross-cultural literary reception and interpretation.
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