italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
Dear Professor Schiavon,
May I suggest that you invited Franco Buffoni to your conference. Thanks,
Anthony Oldcorn
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Schiavon, Francesco (2009)
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> italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
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> ‘Translations’
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> translating language // translating media // translating experience
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> In translation, only creative transposition is possible: either intralingual
> transposition- from one poetic shape into another, or interlingual
> transposition- from one language into another, or finally intersemiotic
> transposition, from one system of signs into another, e.g. from verbal art
> into music, dance, cinema or painting.
> (Roman Jakobson, ‘On linguistic aspects of translation’, 1959)
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> übersetzten, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzire…The etymological roots
> of the word ‘to translate’ in Germanic and Romance languages is in the idea
> of setting something across from one shore to another on a boat. The process
> of translation always involves movement.
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> What happens to an object of translation in its passage across? How far is
> it a ‘moveable object’? Can it arrive intact on the other shore? The person
> bringing the translation about must ask, what or where is the object of
> translation? What are the aesthetic, ethical, and political dimensions to
> the practice and theory of translation?
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> Translation into any medium (text, film, image) is never a transparent
> process; there are always aesthetic, ethical and political factors to be
> considered. This one-day conference is for postgraduate students to explore
> a broad range of themes relating to the process of translation, not only
> from a language to another one, but also between different historical
> periods, genres, codes and media in all forms of art. We invite papers that
> think broadly about the practice of translation both from a technical and
> epistemological point of view.
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> Topics might include:
> - What makes something translatable?
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> - Theoretical/philosophical issues in translation
> - Issues of translation from a language to another
> - Dialogue between different literary genres
> - Politics and ideology of translation
> - The translator as a fictional character
> - Translation between historical periods and contexts
> - The ‘translation’ of a narrative from textual to filmic medium
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> - The translation of sound within a language
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> - Translation as a textual impasse
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> … and any other ideas around the theme of ‘Translation’
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> We welcome papers from those working in disciplines including literature,
> linguistics, film, art history, and philosophy/theory, in the languages
> areas of German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
> All papers must be in English and all aspects of papers must be coherent to
> English speakers.
> Papers must be no more than 20 minutes long, and we suggest that papers
> begin with an object of contemplation whether quotation(s) on a printout or
> powerpoint, an image or a film clip. This is to enable discussion between
> those working in different fields of knowledge.
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> Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words with a brief C.V.
> Email all abstracts and queries to: [log in to unmask]
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> Address language-specific queries to:
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> Rebecca Johnson (UCL) - German,
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> Marta Perez-Carbonell (Royal Holloway) - Spanish and Portuguese,
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> Jo Bruton (UCL) - French,
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> Francesco Schiavon (Royal Holloway) - Italian
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