"Translation for theatre is often considered to hold a marginal status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage among scholars. As a result, this book argues that any study of theatrical translation ultimately takes either a textual...
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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"Translation for theatre is often considered to hold a marginal status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage among scholars. As a result, this book argues that any study of theatrical translation ultimately takes either a textual or performative approach. Exploring the history of translation theory through these lenses, Massimiliano Morini analyses two complex Western case histories which show how different cultures at different times may give preference to the textual or the performative features of theatre translation. Combining theory with practice, the book investigates how traditional theories of translation - from Cicero to the early 20th century - have been applied to theatrical translation. Morini then compares and contrasts the inherently textual viewpoint of Renaissance theatre translators with the more performative approaches of contemporary theatrical practitioners. In this way, Theatrical Translation traces how textual views of translating for theatre gave way to full-fledged performative theories in parallel to the evolution of translation science into translation studies, and presents a view of what theatre translation means today, both in theory and in practice"
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: What This Book is About -- Part I: Theory -- 1. -- The Translation of Theatre before Translation Studies -- 2. -- The Age of Translation Studies: Early Work on Theatre Translation -- 3. -- Theatre Translation: Performance-Centric Theories in the Twenty-First Century -- 4. -- Voices from the Field of Theatre Studies -- Part II: Terms and Methodology -- 5. -- Proposing a Methodology for the Study of Theatre Translation -- Part III: Practice -- 6. -- Renaissance Translation between Text and Stage: The European Circulation of Il pastor fido -- 7. -- Contemporary Theatre Translation and the Persistence of Textual Bias -- 8. -- Performance as Translation, Translation in Performance: Two Examples from Contemporary Experimental Theatre -- Conclusion: What This Book is Not About -- Notes -- References -- Index
"Translation for theatre is often considered to hold a marginal status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage among scholars. As a result, this book argues that any study of theatrical translation ultimately takes either a textual...
more
"Translation for theatre is often considered to hold a marginal status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage among scholars. As a result, this book argues that any study of theatrical translation ultimately takes either a textual or performative approach. Exploring the history of translation theory through these lenses, Massimiliano Morini analyses two complex Western case histories which show how different cultures at different times may give preference to the textual or the performative features of theatre translation. Combining theory with practice, the book investigates how traditional theories of translation - from Cicero to the early 20th century - have been applied to theatrical translation. Morini then compares and contrasts the inherently textual viewpoint of Renaissance theatre translators with the more performative approaches of contemporary theatrical practitioners. In this way, Theatrical Translation traces how textual views of translating for theatre gave way to full-fledged performative theories in parallel to the evolution of translation science into translation studies, and presents a view of what theatre translation means today, both in theory and in practice"
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: What This Book is About -- Part I: Theory -- 1. -- The Translation of Theatre before Translation Studies -- 2. -- The Age of Translation Studies: Early Work on Theatre Translation -- 3. -- Theatre Translation: Performance-Centric Theories in the Twenty-First Century -- 4. -- Voices from the Field of Theatre Studies -- Part II: Terms and Methodology -- 5. -- Proposing a Methodology for the Study of Theatre Translation -- Part III: Practice -- 6. -- Renaissance Translation between Text and Stage: The European Circulation of Il pastor fido -- 7. -- Contemporary Theatre Translation and the Persistence of Textual Bias -- 8. -- Performance as Translation, Translation in Performance: Two Examples from Contemporary Experimental Theatre -- Conclusion: What This Book is Not About -- Notes -- References -- Index
