Search for dissertations about: "translation of literature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 122 swedish dissertations containing the words translation of literature.

2. 1. A translation of worlds : Aspects of cultural translation and Australian migration literature

   Author : Anette Svensson; Heidi Hansson; Tina O'Toole; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural translation; Australian migration literature; hybridity; acculturation; liminality; immigrant child; translation; migration; interpretation; storytelling; food; diaspora; gaze; cultural encounters; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study explores the exchange of cultural information that takes place in the meeting between immigrant and non-immigrant characters in a selection of Australian novels focusing on the theme of migration: Heartland (1989) by Angelika Fremd, A Change of Skies (1991) by Yasmine Gooneratne, Stella’s Place (1998) by Jim Sakkas, Hiam (1998) by Eva Sallis and Love and Vertigo (2000) by Hsu-Ming Teo. The concept cultural translation functions as a theoretical tool in the analyses. READ MORE

4. 2. Translation, Teamwork, and Technology : The Use of Social and Material Scaffolds in the Translation Process

   Author : Raphael Sannholm; Yvonne Lindqvist; Hanna Risku; Mona Blåsjö; Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cognitive translation studies; socio-cognitive approaches; ethnography; translation workplace; translation process; scaffolding; extended translation; social interaction; translation technology; Translation Studies; översättningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores translators’ interactions with social and material resources in the translation process. The general aim of the study is to contribute to the knowledge about cognitive translation processes in naturalistic settings, with a specific focus on the ways in which translators interact with social actors and technological resources. READ MORE

5. 3. A World of Myths : World Literature and Storytelling in Canongate's Myths series

   Author : Malin Nauwerck; Johan Professor; Paula Docent; Torbjörn Forslid; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociology of Literature; World Literature; Book History; Publishing Studies; Sociology of Translation; Marketing; Storytelling; Book Trade; Metafiction; 21st Century; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses contemporary publishing within the global, literary system through the prism of the transnational publishing project the Myths series, initiated by Scottish publishing house Canongate Books in 2005. By combining the perspectives of world literature studies and sociology of literature, I explore the conception, development and communication around the Myths series (today published in forty countries) in relation firstly to the contemporary changes in the publishing industry, situated within a more general literary debate on globalisation and cultural diversity and secondly the rise of a social order epitomised under the umbrella term “new economy”, in which the practice of strategic communication or marketing storytelling has become increasingly common. READ MORE

6. 4. Shakespeare's sonnets in Russian : the challenge of translation

   Author : Elena Rassokhina; Per Ambrosiani; Berit Åström; Andrei Rogatchevski; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Shakespeare; translation; sonnets; Russian; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets have become the interest of several generations of Russian translators. Overall, after their first appearance in the middle of the nineteenth century, at least thirty-five Russian translations of the complete sonnet collection have been produced so far, though mostly during the last three decades. READ MORE

7. 5. Publishing Translations : Flows, Patterns, and Power-Dynamics in the Swedish Book Market after 1970

   Author : Jana Rüegg; Ann Steiner; Andreas Hedberg; Stefan Helgesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Translation; book market; publishing studies; book trade; sociology of literature; sociology of translation; the Nobel Prize in Literature; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : The doctoral thesis investigates the role of translations in the Swedish book market between 1970 and 2016 in two sub-studies. The sub-studies are based on statistical and bibliometric methodology via two different datasets covering print editions. READ MORE