The Translation of Irony - Examining its Translatability into Narratives (Paperback, New edition)

Verbal irony is a common phenomenon in communication, but its convoluted nature makes it difficult to translate. This book expands on previous studies of the translation of irony by examining the mechanisms of verbal irony in its translation from Catalan and Spanish into English. It accentuates the importance of ironic cues not only in processing irony but also in rendering it across cultures. It also interrogates its translatability in the narratives of two Latin American authors, Julio Cortazar and Juan Jose Arreola, and two Catalan writers, Pere Calders and Quim Monzo. Comparative analyses of the source and target texts further reveal obstacles in the cross-cultural communication of irony. Based on a proposed classification of ironic cues, this book provides guidelines for the effective translation of irony. The corpus, which is subject to an interdisciplinary analysis rooted in Discourse Stylistics, comprises a compelling range of short stories that tacitly bespeak the authors' stances towards twentieth-century sociohistorical events as well as more general contemporary issues. The connection between Calders's and Cortazar's exiles and their ironic styles is equally explored.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Trends in Translation Studies, 33
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Alicia Moreno Gimenez
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78997-984-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General
LSN:	1-78997-984-6
Barcode:	9781789979848

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