Chapter 1 Ezra Pound and Skopos Theory 1.1 Ezra Pound:Life and Works 1.2 Skopos Theory Chapter 2 Skopos of Imagism 2. 1 Luminous Detail -- Emotional Equation 2.1.1 Detail -- Concrete Imagery 2. 1.2 Luminous -- Emotional Force 2.2 Permanent Metaphor 2. 2. 1 Union of Subject and Object 2.2.2 Interpretation of Taciturn Emotion 2.3 Ideogrammic Method -- Sculptural Beauty in Language 2.3. 1 Origin of Ideogrammic Poetry 2. 3.2 Ideogram as Reflection of Nature 2.3. 3 Ideogram in Pictorial Etymology 2.3.4 Etymological Translation 2.4 Absolute Rhythm -- Musical Aesthetics in Poetry 2.4. 1 Preservation of Music -- Sequence of Musical Phrase 2.4. 2 Musical Accordance with Emotional Force Chapter 3 Skopos of Modernist Poetry 3. 1 Modernism and Modernist Poetry 3.2 Decentralization of Ego 3.2. 1 Depersonalization of Objective Reality -- Concreteness 3.2.2 Depsychologization of Objective Reality -- Restraint 3.2.3 Defiance of Authorial Presence 3.3 Self-consciousness of Poet 3.3. 1 Abandonment of Religion 3.3.2 Abandonment of Reason--Germinal Consciousness 3.4 Free Verse 3.4. 1 Colloquial Language 3.4.2 Simplicity and Austerity of Language 3.4.3 Influence of Free Verse Chapter 4 Skopos of History Rejuvenation 4. 1 Skopos of Restoration o{ Order 4. 1.1 Social Chaos as Background o{ Pound's Translations 4. 1.2 Restoration o{ Order against Chaos 4.2 Skopos of History Preservation 4.2. 1 Selection of Translation Works 4. 2.2 Time Perspective of Universality 4. 3 Skopos of "Make It New" 4. 3. 1 "Make It New" against Poetic Stagnation 4. 3.2 "Make It New" in Poetic Experiment Bibliography Appendix Cathay