Baudelaire's rewriting of Poe : a para-textual critique of the translations
In this thesis I present a critique of Baudelaireâs translations of Poeâs short fiction, applying the method of Translation Criticism proposed by Antoine Berman in <i>Pour une critique des traductions: John Donne </i>(Berman 1995). The post-structuralist theory of meaning which underlies Bermanâs approach is elaborated, and its appropriateness for the description of translation products is explained by its perspective on translation as a form of rewriting, and by its recognition of the importance of para-text as a tool in Translation Criticism. The specific questions which Berman proposes for Translation Criticism are then applied to an analysis of the <i>translation </i>of Poeâs short fiction by Baudelaire. The story of these translations is first told through a series of pre-analytical enquires which form a hermeneutic construct of data concerning Baudelaireâs position as a language user and as a (re)writer, his stance as a translator, his project for the translation of Poe and the literary and translational horizon in which he was working. These pre-analytical enquiries are followed up by a detailed analysis of two stories in translation, âLa chute de la Maison Usherâ and âLe scarabĂ©e dâor,â
Wallaert, Ineke
Baudelaire's rewriting of Poe : a para-textual critique of the translations. In this thesis I present a critique of Baudelaireâs translations of Poeâs short fiction, applying the method of Translation Criticism proposed by Antoine Berman in <i>Pour une critique des traductions: John Donne </i>(Berman 1995). The post-structuralist theory of meaning which underlies Bermanâs approach is elaborated, and its appropriateness for the description of translation products is explained by its perspective on translation as a form of rewriting, and by its recognition of the importance of para-text as a tool in Translation Criticism. The specific questions which Berman proposes for Translation Criticism are then applied to an analysis of the <i>translation </i>of Poeâs short fiction by Baudelaire. The story of these translations is first told through a series of pre-analytical enquires which form a hermeneutic construct of data concerning Baudelaireâs position as a language user and as a (re)writer, his stance as a translator, his project for the translation of Poe and the literary and translational horizon in which he was working. These pre-analytical enquiries are followed up by a detailed analysis of two stories in translation, âLa chute de la Maison Usherâ and âLe scarabĂ©e dâor,â
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