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Introduction

1. Research Background
Since Mo Yan received the Nobel Prize in literature in 2012, the translator, Howard Goldblatt has drawn an increasing attention from all over the world. However, scholars only  focus  their  attention  on  a  small  part  of  Howard  Goldblatt’s  translation.  In  recent years, quantities of studies have been made on the English version of Red Sorghum 《(红高粱》) and Wolf Totem (《狼图腾》), while studies on Goldblatt’s first translation on Chinese  literature,  Tales  of  Hulan  River,  is  relatively  few  and  limited.  The  existing researches  are  conducted  mainly  from  the  perspective  of  culture,  adaptation  and selection,  stylistics,  etc.  It  is  found  that  there  are  two  articles  examining  the  English translation  of  the  Hulanhe  Zhuan  using  postcolonial  translation  theories.  The  authors only  focus  on  one  aspect  of  postcolonial  translation  theories,  hybridity.  However,  it’s safe  to  say  that  Goldblatt,  as  a  translator from  the  strong  culture,  is  influenced  by  the power  differential  and  his  translation,  in  some  way,  represents  cultural  hegemony. Therefore, a deeper analysis through probing into two aspects of postcolonial translation theories, the power differentials and hybridity is of great necessity. 
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2. Research Methodology 
Postcolonial  theory,  which  grows  up  and  attracts  the  world’s  attention  in  1970s, mainly  focuses  on  power  and  identity,  criticizes  cultural  hegemony,  introspects  the complicated relations in the colonial systems and investigates the influence of colony to the  present  world.  The  postcolonial  translation  theory,  established  in  the  postcolonial critical  context,  is  a  series  of  research  methods  on  translation.  Guided  by  this  theory, this thesis tries to carry out a study on the postcolonial features in the English version of Hulanhe Zhuan and the translation strategies adopted by the translator through probing into specific examples from two angles of power differentials and hybridity.  Just  as  Theo  Herman  holds  that  translation  study  is  “an  interplay  of  theoretical models and case studies” (Herman, 1985: 9), this thesis is based on both theory and case studies.  Based  on  the  examples  collected  from  both  the  Chinese  version  and  English version  on  linguistic  and  cultural  levels,  this  thesis  explores  a  qualitative-based investigation under the guidance of postcolonial translation theory and its application in the translation of Hulanhe Zhua本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。