Found in translation: an ongoing dialogue between theory and practice

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dc.contributor.authorKell, Zola
dc.contributor.supervisorSchallié, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-03T22:03:52Z
dc.date.available2015-08-30T11:22:06Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-09-03
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic and Russian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I outline my theory of translation as an interpretive tool. I undertake an analysis of the concepts of heteroglossia, hybridity, and positionality, as conceived of by Mikhail Bakhtin, Homi K. Bhabha, and Linda Alcoff, respectively. These ideas function similarly: heteroglossic forces are constantly being brought to bear upon languages, the hybrid nature of culture is continually being rearticulated, and the positionality of the interpreter is always subject to change. I establish a theory that allows for translation to remain open, a theory that sees all incarnations of a text (the source and all of its translations) as being perpetually discursive, rather than fixing upon one version as the definitive or “correct” rendering. Translations occupy a fluctuating, unstable, and therefore creative location; they provide an ever-shifting temporal and spatial perspective. I translate excerpts from texts written by the Afro-German poet May Ayim and the Turkish German author Emine Sevgi Özdamar from German into English. This brings my theory into application and demonstrates both the fluidity of translation and the depth of interpretation to be found within this process.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0311en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0679en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5660
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectgermanen_US
dc.subjectgermanic studiesen_US
dc.subjecttranslationen_US
dc.subjectcultural studiesen_US
dc.subjectcultural theoryen_US
dc.subjectenglishen_US
dc.subjecttranslateen_US
dc.subjecttranslation theoryen_US
dc.subjecttranslation studiesen_US
dc.subjectlanguageen_US
dc.titleFound in translation: an ongoing dialogue between theory and practiceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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