alicia hervás
Unit 4: a wider world
literature in translation
"Every single work of world literature is the locus (the Latin for 'site' or 'place') of a negotiation between two cultures"
- David Damrosch
PAIR TASK:
Turn to the person next to you. In 20 seconds, finish this sentence:
"a reader brings [ ] to a text"
READER'S LENS
WHAT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE?
Words vs. effects
Case study video: translation choices
- What do you see?.
- What does the translation say?.
- What is the effect of the mismatch (humour, confusion, or a change in meaning)?.
TRANSLATION= CULTURAL MEDIATION
House by the Railroad (Edward Hopper, 1925)
DENOTATION
CONNOTATION
What it suggests and why
What is literally there
hOUSE BY THE RAILROAD - ERNEST FARRÉS
I fantasize that luck is placed Within my reach. Of course, there's different kinds. Take that kind that turns up ad hoc, for instance, And the kind that unfolds backwards. There are deficits and surpluses of luck. By the same token, we have good luck, everyday luck, luck-you-don't-remember, and bad luck, a.k.a. misfortune. Luck that puts us on easy street and luck that's an asp, a scorpion fish, a wild boar, a starling. I have a vision of train tracks half covered with grass and rust, hurling themselves - like a jagged line or a blade with an iridescence that catches you by surprise - against a tomorrow without an Achilles heel. And imagine who-knows-what plains and mountains untouched by human hand and still nor weather-proofed at the mercy of nor'easters, downpours and heat. But the fantasies don't stop here. Like the rip in a memory of a past life, Another jolts my mind: I recognize myself holding vigil inside a huge Victorian house, vacant, forboding, phantasmagorical, without going crazy for what I can't possess yet cut off from the world, supreme example of original innocence.
PAIR TASK
The mood/attitude is______
CLAIM
Shown by_________[Line/detail].
EVIDENCE
EFFECT
This makes the reader feel/think________
FOR THE NEXT CLASS...
IB-style research question
NOW, TIME FOR QUESTIONS!
thank you!
Remember: for any doubts or concerns, don't hesitate to write me at the following email address:tuemail@genially.com
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alicia hervás
Unit 4: a wider world
literature in translation
"Every single work of world literature is the locus (the Latin for 'site' or 'place') of a negotiation between two cultures"
- David Damrosch
PAIR TASK:
Turn to the person next to you. In 20 seconds, finish this sentence:
"a reader brings [ ] to a text"
READER'S LENS
WHAT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE?
Words vs. effects
Case study video: translation choices
TRANSLATION= CULTURAL MEDIATION
House by the Railroad (Edward Hopper, 1925)
DENOTATION
CONNOTATION
What it suggests and why
What is literally there
hOUSE BY THE RAILROAD - ERNEST FARRÉS
I fantasize that luck is placed Within my reach. Of course, there's different kinds. Take that kind that turns up ad hoc, for instance, And the kind that unfolds backwards. There are deficits and surpluses of luck. By the same token, we have good luck, everyday luck, luck-you-don't-remember, and bad luck, a.k.a. misfortune. Luck that puts us on easy street and luck that's an asp, a scorpion fish, a wild boar, a starling. I have a vision of train tracks half covered with grass and rust, hurling themselves - like a jagged line or a blade with an iridescence that catches you by surprise - against a tomorrow without an Achilles heel. And imagine who-knows-what plains and mountains untouched by human hand and still nor weather-proofed at the mercy of nor'easters, downpours and heat. But the fantasies don't stop here. Like the rip in a memory of a past life, Another jolts my mind: I recognize myself holding vigil inside a huge Victorian house, vacant, forboding, phantasmagorical, without going crazy for what I can't possess yet cut off from the world, supreme example of original innocence.
PAIR TASK
The mood/attitude is______
CLAIM
Shown by_________[Line/detail].
EVIDENCE
EFFECT
This makes the reader feel/think________
FOR THE NEXT CLASS...
IB-style research question
NOW, TIME FOR QUESTIONS!
thank you!
Remember: for any doubts or concerns, don't hesitate to write me at the following email address:tuemail@genially.com