The Peritextual Framework of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s<i>First Discourse</i>in Eighteenth-Century English Translations (1751–1779)

Spittael, Thomas

doi:10.1080/0895769x.2014.913945

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“…In other research carried out on paratext from the Translation Studies point of view, paratexts are seen as vital keys in examining the function of translations (Kung, 2013), as promoting elements of an author (Spittael, 2014;Vuaille-Barcan, 2011), or as instruments of cultural translation which condition the reception of the text (Watts, 2007). Paratextual elements also help to construct the meaning (Armstrong, 2007;Sapiro, 2008) and structure the reading (Alvstad, 2012).…”

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Paratranslation under constraint

Akdağ¹

2021

RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi

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The aim of this article is to reveal how the paratext features of Georges Perec's La Disparition, which is one of the most striking examples of writing under constraint, affect the reception of the main text.The corpus consists of the Turkish copy Kayboluş translated by Cemal Yardimci and printed from Sel Publications in 2000 as well as the English version A-void translated by Gilbert Adair, published by Vintage Random House in 2008. The analysis will be based on Genette's paratext classification. Along with the elements that make up the peritext, the main text sections that are its extension (inserted chapters-translation diaries) will also be included. In particular, the design, colour and location of the title; The cover page, the table of contents and the translator's so-called interventions will be scrutinized. In addition, translation techniques such as addition and omission and how these techniques are reflected in the text and peritextual elements will also be discussed together with the translator's decisions. In conclusion, the research showed that the peritextual elements of both translations have shaped the reading process in different ways by making implicit or explicit allusions, acquired different functions in their respective cultures, attributed different roles to the reader, strengthened or weakened the visibility of the constraint as well as the visibility of the translator and affected the recreation degree of the main text.

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Paratranslation under constraint

Akdağ¹

2021

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“…For example, Toledano Buendía (2013) explores how paratexts of translation can prepare a text for a new context, such as the addition of a note explaining the near‐suicide scene in Richardson's Pamela (1740) to deflect the potential for Inquisitorial censorship. Both Spittael (2014) and Péti (2017) examine the relationship between eighteenth‐century translators' paratexts and the literary text they accompany, the former via a translation of Rousseau from French to English while the latter focuses upon a Hungarian adaptation of Milton. Vanacker (2018) further develops these ideas through an investigation of French versions of texts such as Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), in which paratexts such as the original editor's preface were retained and translated to perpetuate the ‘make‐believe implied in the original’.…”

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Recent approaches to paratext studies in eighteenth‐century literature

Readioff

2021

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This survey will provide an insight into the most significant eighteenth‐century paratext research in British literary studies produced over the last 20 years, identifying and exploring the key themes and connections that have emerged. Ever since Gérard Genette's ground‐breaking book Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation (1997) scholars have begun to reconsider and address the function and interpretive value of the paratexts that frame, surround, or are attached to the edges of literary texts. In eighteenth‐century studies in particular, paratexts frequently constitute a critical and unique area for the expression of identity and for influencing how texts are read and interpreted. This article reviews the extensive body of scholarship that examines and focuses upon paratexts, and that collectively contributes towards the formation of the much‐needed new specialism of paratext studies.

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The Peritextual Framework of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’sFirst Discoursein Eighteenth-Century English Translations (1751–1779)

Cited by 2 publications

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Paratranslation under constraint

Paratranslation under constraint

Recent approaches to paratext studies in eighteenth‐century literature

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