四大名著英文简介精编.docx

四大名著英文简介

第一篇：四大名著英文简介水浒传：HeroesoftheMarshes;或者WaterMargins（三国演义：TheRomanceofThreeKingdoms西游记：PilgrimagetotheWest或者ourneytotheWest红楼梦：TheStoryoftheStone或者ADreaminRedMansions水浒传Thenovel“HeroesoftheMarshes”issomewhatliketheIliadandOdyssey...Anancientepictale...theperiodwascomposedandimmortalized.Asweknowthisstoryisbasedonrealfactsandhasinspiredmanystorytellers.theSongDynastyreacheditsapogeeanddeclined.Asavictimofcorruptionanddecadence.wecanfindhistoricaltracesoftheseoutlawswhochallengedtheimperialauthorityanddiedundertheexecutioner'sblade.AmancalledShiNai-anwrotedownthenovelHeroesoftheMarshesthatreadbyustoday.HeroesoftheMarshesisanimmortalnovelbecauseitstaleisuniversal:ittellsabout108heroswhocannotbearinjusticenorabuseThatisthereasonwhytheirpopularityhaslastedforcenturies.三国演义“ThreeKingdomsisthetaleofthefalloftheLaterHanDynastyofChina.Itdescribesthelivesofthosefeudallordsandtheirretainerswhotriedtoeitherreplacetheempireorrestoreit.Whilethenovelactuallyfollowsliterallyhundredsofcharacters,thefocusismainlyonthe3familieswhowouldeventuallycarveoutthe3kingdomsfromtheremnantsoftheHan.TheLiufamilyintheShukingdomledbyLiuBei,TheCaofamilyinWeiledbyCaoCao,andtheSunfamilyinWueventuallyledbySunQuan.西游记JourneytotheWest,commonlyknowntothewesternreadersasisasupernaturalnovelaboutaworldofoffantasticinvention,inwhichgodsanddemonsloomlargeandvieforsupremacy.Thenovelbeganwithaseriesoforalandwrittenversions,andeventuallyattaineditsmostdefinitiveversionwrittenbyWuCh'eng-en(1500?-1582),ascholar-officialintheYantzeregion,andpublishedin1592.红楼梦中文：《红楼梦》以贾宝玉、林黛玉、薛宝钗之间的恋爱婚姻悲剧为主线，描写了以贾家为代表的四大家族的兴衰，揭示了封建大家庭的各种错综复杂的矛盾，表现了封建的婚姻、道德、文化、教育的腐朽、堕落，塑造了一系列贵族、平民以及奴隶出身的女子的悲剧形象，展示了极其广阔的封建社会的典型生活环境.英文：”TheStoryoftheStone"isbasedonJiaBaoyuandLinDaiyuandXueBaochaibydescribingtheirmarriageandtragedy.Thenovelisalsothedescriptionoftheriseandfallofsedimentswhichwasrepresentedbythefourmostprominentfamilies,revealsthecomplexcontradictionsofthefeudalfamily,performanceofthefeudalmarriage,morality,culture,educationanddec