The literary and non-literary text : translating and discourse
Chapter 1 provides an overview of the current issues in translation studies and a brief historical account of the translation debate over the past twenty years or so. The muchdebated issue of equivalence is discussed and the polarisation of the debate between target text and source text is mentioned here and discussed more fully in the following chapter. The theories of translation based on the pragmatic analysis of texts are examined, as is the nature of textuality itself. Chapter 2 concentrates oÌn the literary text, while acknowledging the need to he wary of facile typological dichotomies. The nature of textuality in general and the characteristics of dramatic discourse in particular are discussed, with reference to the play Pelo de Tormenta. Cultural context and the implications of this for translating are examined, with reference to the literary text. Chapter 3 provides the social and cultural background to the life and works of EFranci, )c_cyÌ Nieva, with particular reference to the cycle of plays known as 7earro Inicial and Tearro Furioso. Intertextuality in these works is examined, in particular the surreal and popular elements in the play, and abrief analysis of the surrealist aesthetic is included.
McErlain, Patricia Edith
Poetics; Stylistics; Foreign languages
The literary and non-literary text : translating and discourse. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the current issues in translation studies and a brief historical account of the translation debate over the past twenty years or so. The muchdebated issue of equivalence is discussed and the polarisation of the debate between target text and source text is mentioned here and discussed more fully in the following chapter. The theories of translation based on the pragmatic analysis of texts are examined, as is the nature of textuality itself. Chapter 2 concentrates oÌn the literary text, while acknowledging the need to he wary of facile typological dichotomies. The nature of textuality in general and the characteristics of dramatic discourse in particular are discussed, with reference to the play Pelo de Tormenta. Cultural context and the implications of this for translating are examined, with reference to the literary text. Chapter 3 provides the social and cultural background to the life and works of EFranci, )c_cyÌ Nieva, with particular reference to the cycle of plays known as 7earro Inicial and Tearro Furioso. Intertextuality in these works is examined, in particular the surreal and popular elements in the play, and abrief analysis of the surrealist aesthetic is included.
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