Archaization in Literary Translation as Nostalgic Pastiche
Krzysztof Filip Rudolf author Wilczynski Marek editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Peter Lang AG
Published:29th Mar '19
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The book focuses on the phenomenon of archaization in literary translation. It analyzes the concept of archaism, pointing to its strongly evaluative aspect and highlighting the difficulties connected with supplying its clear and acceptable definition. Archaism and archaization are strongly rooted in nostalgia, understood as the human yearning for stability and harmony. Far from being an idle embellishment or an empty postmodernist game, archaization emerges as a vehicle for powerful emotions embedded in dominant discourses fostered by educated European elites. Archaism, like nostalgia, eclectically and arbitrarily recreates the past, in accordance with dominant political and cultural agendas. Both phenomena idealize the past, forcibly purifying it from all unwanted elements.
ISBN: 9783631777497
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 432g
278 pages
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