{"product_id":"fictional-translators-rethinking-translation-through-literature-9781138827141","title":"Fictional Translators: Rethinking Translation Through Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rosemary Arrojo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close readings of select stories and novels by well-known writers from different literary traditions, \u003ci\u003eFictional Translators\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to rethink the main clichés associated with translations. Rosemary Arrojo shines a light on the transformative character of the translator's role and the relationships that can be established between originals and their reproductions, building her arguments on the basis of texts such as the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCortázar's \"Letter to a Young Lady in Paris\" \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eWalsh's \"Footnote\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eWilde's \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray \u003c\/i\u003eand Poe's \"The Oval Portrait\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eBorges's \"Pierre Menard, Author of the \u003ci\u003eQuixote, \u003c\/i\u003e\" \"Funes, His Memory,\" and \"Death and the Compass\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eKafka's \"The Burrow\" and Kosztolányi's \u003ci\u003eKornél Esti\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eSaramago's \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Siege of Lisbon\u003c\/i\u003e and Babel's \"Guy de Maupassant\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eScliar's \"Footnotes\" and Calvino's \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCervantes's\u003ci\u003e Don Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFictional Translators provides stimulating material for reflection not only on the processes associated with translation as an activity that inevitably transforms meaning, but, also, on the common prejudices that have underestimated its productive role in the shaping of identities. This book is key reading for students and researchers of literary translation, comparative literature and translation theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45238448029847,"sku":"9781138827141","price":3486.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138827141.webp?v=1769219746","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fictional-translators-rethinking-translation-through-literature-9781138827141","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}