Self-translation in 20th-century Italian and Polish literature : the cases of Luigi Pirandello, Maria Kuncewiczowa and Janusz GĆowacki
This thesis examines the phenomenon of self-translation in two different cultural contexts: the Italian context of self-translation within national borders and the Polish context of self-translation in displacement. It focuses on four case studies: Luigi Pirandello's self-translations of 'A birritta cu 'i ciancianeddi (1916) and Tutto per bene (1920), Maria Kuncewiczowa's self-translation of Thank you for the Rose (1950-1960) and Janusz Glowacki's assisted self-translation of Antygona w Nowym Jorku (1992). In discussing the case studies, the thesis draws attention to power relations and to the concepts of self-translation's hybridity and its invisibility in accounts of national literatures, dominated by monolingual and monocultural paradigms. The aim of this study is to identify what the comparison of different contexts reveals about self-translation, its invisibility and the power relations involved. The analysis begins with an outline of theoretical frameworks and debates in the field of self-translation. The themes examined in this part concern the definition of the practice, creativity in self-translation, the importance of paratext and self-translation genetics, ending with a focus on power relations,
Kampert, Magdalena Anna
PC Romance languages ; PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages and literature ; PQ Romance literatures
Self-translation in 20th-century Italian and Polish literature : the cases of Luigi Pirandello, Maria Kuncewiczowa and Janusz GĆowacki. This thesis examines the phenomenon of self-translation in two different cultural contexts: the Italian context of self-translation within national borders and the Polish context of self-translation in displacement. It focuses on four case studies: Luigi Pirandello's self-translations of 'A birritta cu 'i ciancianeddi (1916) and Tutto per bene (1920), Maria Kuncewiczowa's self-translation of Thank you for the Rose (1950-1960) and Janusz Glowacki's assisted self-translation of Antygona w Nowym Jorku (1992). In discussing the case studies, the thesis draws attention to power relations and to the concepts of self-translation's hybridity and its invisibility in accounts of national literatures, dominated by monolingual and monocultural paradigms. The aim of this study is to identify what the comparison of different contexts reveals about self-translation, its invisibility and the power relations involved. The analysis begins with an outline of theoretical frameworks and debates in the field of self-translation. The themes examined in this part concern the definition of the practice, creativity in self-translation, the importance of paratext and self-translation genetics, ending with a focus on power relations,
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