Hao Yang

The development of students’ innovative capabilities has always been a central concern in higher education reform agendas. Design thinking, as a key methodology for driving innovation, holds significant yet underexplored value in teaching and learning of foreign languages and literature. This study takes the three fairy tales told by Yun Tianming in Death’s End, the third volume of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem trilogy, as an example to explore the importance of the design thinking in literary text interpretation and translation. We argue that by conducting a comparative analysis of metaphorical expressions in the Chinese and English versions of the trilogy and guiding students through divergent thinking exercises, three key competencies can be effectively enhanced: translation skills, interdisciplinary design thinking, and cross-cultural communication skills. This approach would offer a pedagogical model for cultivating innovative foreign language talents.

Design Thinking; Three-Body Problem Trilogy; Metaphor; Interpretation

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