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The Appeal of Foregrounding in the Translation of Children’s Literature
Abstract
There is a huge market demand for children’s literature, but the quality of its translation is far from satisfactory. Many of the translated works blindly pursue content equivalence, while the un=ique language form of the original is ignored. In children’s literature, foregrounding, as a major literary stylistic feature, plays an important role in reproducing linguistic appeal. Based on the concept of foregrounding, this paper discusses the appeal of foregrounding in children’s literature translation from three aspects: auditory sense, visual sense and emotional sense.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/11435
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