Translation Reconsidered : Culture, Genre and the Colonial Encounter in Nineteenth Century Bengal
Overview
The present work is an interdisciplinary study cutting across the disciplines of translation studies, genre studies, literary history and cultural history. It primarily deals with a phase of transition in the socio-cultural history of Bengal but has implications for the study of Indian literature as a whole. It takes the view that translation does not merely relocate the text in the target language, but negotiates several sets of relationships between the two cultures involved, altering the nature of relations between them. The study considers the mediating and shaping agency of genre in this context. Not only are works translated but genres are translated too, and assume striking and unprecedented shapes in the linguistic culture of the target audience.
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- ISBN-13: 9781443817127
- ISBN-10: 1443817120
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publish Date: January 2010
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 230
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