Western Theory in East Asian Contexts
Western Theory in East Asian Contexts Literatures, Cultures, Translation presents a new line of books that engage central issues in translation studies such as history, politics, and gender in and of…
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Western Theory in East Asian Contexts
Literatures, Cultures, Translation presents a new line of books that engage central issues in translation studies such as history, politics, and gender in and of literary translation.This is a culturally situated study of the interface between three forms of transtextual rewriting: translation, adaptation and imitation. Recent decades have seen a surge of scholarly interest in adaptations and imitations, due to the flourishing of cinema and fandom studies, and to the impact of a poststructuralist turn that sheds new light on Two questions are raised: first, how a broader rubric can be formulated for the inclusion of the latter two forms within Translation Studies research, and second, how this enlarged definition of translation enables us to understand the incompatibilities between contemporary Western theories of translation and East Asian realities, past and present.
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