Re-examining the polysystem theory through censorship in the translation of sexual taboos: a comparative study of mainland China and Taiwan

• Main Author: Liu, Li
• Other Authors: Cui Feng
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Language
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158483
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sex, a basic human instinct, and for thousands of years an important element of human life, remains a taboo in many cultures even in the 21st century. In mainland China, sexual taboos in translated literature continue to be a frequent target of censorship, despite the fact that rapid modernisation h...