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    Theatre Translation by Morini, Massimiliano;

    Theory and Practice

    Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Translation;

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    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 10 February 2022
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781350195622
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages176 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Weight 426 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 10 bw illus
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    Translation for the theatre is often considered to hold a marginal status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage. As a result, this book argues that studies of this complex activity tend to take either a textual or performative approach. After exploring the history of translation theory through these lenses, Massimiliano Morini proposes a more totalizing view of 'theatre translation' as the sum of operations required to transform one theatre act into another, and analyses three complex Western case histories in light of this all-encompassing definition.

    Combining theory with practice, Morini investigates how traditional ideas on translation - from Plautus and Cicero to the early 20th century - have been applied in the theatrical domain. He then compares and contrasts the inherently textual viewpoint of post-humanistic translators with the more performative approaches of contemporary theatrical practitioners, and chronicles the rise of performative views in the third millennium. Positioning itself at the intersection of past and present, as well as translation studies and theatre semiotics, Theatre Translation provides a full diachronic survey of an age-old activity and a burgeoning academic field.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Figures
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction: What This Book is About
    Part I: Theory
    1. The Translation of Theatre before Translation Studies
    2. The Age of Translation Studies: Early Work on Theatre Translation
    3. Theatre Translation: Performance-Centric Theories in the Twenty-First Century
    4. Voices from the Field of Theatre Studies
    Part II: Terms and Methodology
    5. Proposing a Methodology for the Study of Theatre Translation
    Part III: Practice
    6. Renaissance Translation between Text and Stage: The European Circulation of Il pastor fido
    7. Contemporary Theatre Translation and the Persistence of Textual Bias
    8. Performance as Translation, Translation in Performance: Two Examples from Contemporary Experimental Theatre
    Conclusion: What This Book is Not About
    Notes
    References
    Index

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