Translation and Literary Criticism (Translation Theories Explored) - Softcover

Gaddis Rose, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900650045 ISBN 13: 9781900650045

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Postmodernist literary criticism and European philosophy have progressively seen translation as a key to literary theory. Marilyn Gaddis Rose shows how these approaches can also make translation a critical tool for the analysis and teaching of literature. Her discussions of individual translations illustrate the way translation reveals hidden aspects of texts, challenging readers with a provisional boundary, an interliminal space of sound, allusion and meaning. In this space readers must collaborate, criticize and rewrite the text, thus enriching their experience of literature. Vol. 6 in the series Translation Theories Explained

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Synopsis

Translation and literary criticism have always been interdependent. But in the late 20th century, postmodernist literary criticism and European philosophy have used translation as a key to literary theory. This text shows how translation may also be used as a tool for critical analysis and teaching of literature. Topics discussed include the translations of Camus, Baudelaire, Poe, Stendhal and Flaubert, demonstrating that translation not only reveals inaccessible aspects of literary criticism but also challenges readers with a provisional boundary, an interliminal space of sound, allusion and meaning. In this space readers must collaborate, criticize and rewrite the text, thus enriching their experience of literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900650045
• ISBN 13: 9781900650045
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128