Description
Translation and Literary Tradition
Book Summary
This collective work explores the fundamental relationship between translation and the construction of literary traditions. Through an approach that combines the analysis of specific authors with theoretical reflections, the book demonstrates how translation is not a mere linguistic transfer, but a driver of cultural creation and renewal. The reader will discover how poetic translation, in particular, blurs the boundaries between the familiar and the foreign, becoming a creative act that reinterprets and updates the potential meanings of the original language from a new historical and cultural horizon.
What is it about?
The volume addresses translation as a dynamic process that decisively influences the evolution of national literatures. It analyzes how the translator's work extends knowledge and fosters fruitful exchange between literary traditions of different languages and nationalities. The work delves into poetic translation as a form of creation in which the line between the foreign and the familiar is diluted, allowing the original to return to its collective essence: language and tradition. Each recreation of a text is presented as a reception from a specific historical-cultural horizon, which intersects and interacts with the original text, generating new meanings and perspectives.
Main Topics
- Translation as an agent of renewal and construction of literary traditions.
- The relationship between poetic translation and literary creation.
- Cultural exchange and influence between literatures of different languages.
- The reception of texts from changing historical and cultural horizons.
- The role of the translator as a mediator and recreator of meaning.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at students and professionals of translation and interpretation, as well as researchers and literature lovers interested in literary theory, textual criticism, and cultural studies. It is especially relevant for those who wish to understand the mechanisms by which literary works transcend linguistic boundaries and are integrated into new contexts.
What this book provides
- A clear perspective on how translation contributes to the formation and evolution of literary traditions.
- Concrete analyses that connect translation theory with literary practice and cultural history.
- A deep reflection on poetic translation as a creative act, not as a simple copy.
- Conceptual tools for understanding the reception and reinterpretation of texts in different eras and cultures.
- A rigorous approach to the dialogue between the familiar and the foreign in literature.
Technical Specifications
- Author: Marco Ángel and Carmen Carrillo
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Translation and interpreting, Literary essays, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general
- Collection: Autores Textos y Temas
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition date: November 2015
- Number of pages: 128
- Weight: 169 g
Editorial Review
This is a concise yet content-dense work, ideal for those seeking an academic and reflective approach to the role of translation in literature. Its value lies in its ability to show, through both practical cases and theoretical abstraction, how translation is not a secondary process, but an active force in the creation and transformation of literary traditions. A reference text for specialists and a solid starting point for advanced students.