Recreating the Images of Chan Master Huineng - A Systemic Functional Approach to Translations of the Platform Sutra - Hailing Yu
Paratextual Attitude and the Image of Huineng
Recreating the Images of Chan Master Huineng - A Systemic Functional Approach to Translations of the Platform Sutra - Hailing Yu
Hailing Yu [+]
Department of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hunan University
Hailing Yu got her PhD from the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia in 2017. Since then, she has been working as assistant professor in the School of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hunan University, China. Her research interests cover translation studies, systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis and the spread of Chan Buddhism across languages and cultures. She has been working on different translations of the Platform Sutra since 2009, and her publications appear in journals such as Target, Social Semiotics, Functional Linguistics and New Voices in Translation Studies.
Description
7.1 Introduction 7.2 Attitude in the appraisal system and in translated texts 7.2.1 Attitude in the appraisal system 7.2.2 Attitude in translated texts 7.3 Paratext: the site of mediation 7.4 The Platform Sutra and Hsuan Hua’s commentary 7.5 Attitude in the commentary as mediation 7.5.1 Huineng as the hero 7.5.2 Shenxiu and others as villains 7.6 Conclusion