Rendering the Image of the Mother from Ion Creangă’s Memories of My Boyhood into English
Rendering the Image of the Mother from Ion Creangă’s Memories of My Boyhood into English
Author(s): Lucia-Alexandra TudorSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Romanian Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: translation; translation studies; culture; maternal figure; Ion Creangă;
Summary/Abstract: As a central figure in Ion Creangă’s memoir Memories of My Boyhood, the image of the mother appears in a plurality of differing ways – determined to provide an education for her son, tired of daily work, gentler or stricter towards her children depending on the situation, firm in sending her son to study in Iași etc. – which beyond their universality, also reflect the specific reality of the Moldavian village in the nineteenth century. The article examines the transposition of the mother figure into another linguistic universe, specifically the English one, starting from the 1978 translation by Ana Cartianu and R. C. Johnston.
Journal: Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iași secția Științe Socio-Umane
- Issue Year: 67/2021
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 71-77
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English