6.4.1 Reappearance of image-G based on discourse i...
Image-G restructuring strategy implies that incoming elements adopted by translators are a Gestalt reappearance based on the interactive relationships between all the thematic and aesthetic elements participating in the Gestalt totality of discourse texts.As Goodwin & Duranti(2002)concluded,discourse intertextuality does not necessarily command noticeable attributes,but does largely hinges upon a large range of unified thematic and aesthetic elements that can get associated with prototypical instances of Gestalt attributes.In addition,discourse intertextuality as prototypical representations of language presupposition is assumed to exist as contextual implication in literary discourse and is conceived as signifying structures that can not be easily perceptible(Liu,1997).Admittedly,Gestalt restructuring can be understood as supported by contextual implication of Gestalt attributes which are either identical with a signifying structure or at least related to one or several of these structures.So discourse intertextuality can be regarded a reference point that guides translators through the elusive domain of Gestalt restructuring.
The important thing is that it serves as a reference point for a huge variety of key procedures in Gestalt restructuring ranging from the recomposition of thematic and aesthetic elements itself to translators'current activation of Gestalt attributes in certain discourse situation.More specifically,the prior activation of discourse intertextualitybased thematic and aesthetic elements provides translators with a highly available set of causal connections that can facilitate Gestalt restructuring.The reason is of course that the causal connections can provide the conceptual underpinning for the images assigned to Gestalt attributes prominence and to end focus in the analysis of reappearance of linguistic information units in classical Chinese poetry.Most loosely in the causal connections,translators can see the effects of discourse intertextuality as the most relevant element.Here,literary correlation and interrelationship of Gestalt attributes are shared items embodied in thematic and aesthetic elements of certain images.The almost akin Gestalt attributes shared with other images are accessible for translators when an image in hand is interpreted,and the nature of this perception is definitely a interaction between translators'subjectiveness and discourse objectiveness(Stein & Wright,1995).(https://www.daowen.com)
Since Gestalt attributes carry intertextuality information of certain contextual situation,yet a string of Gestalt attributes in ST can be deemed as a potential intertextual input space.In a sense,a string of Gestalt attributes available on causal connections are already presorted in ST since they have been conveniently linked up and therefore more easily perceivable.It is at all times a potential intertextual input space that can be projected and employed in image-G elaboration or extension to facilitate the Gestalt restructuring process.This intertextual echo of images is just also an potential space that translators might activate and project in order to facilitate the ongoing construction of an interpretative perspective of Gestalt restructuring.