READING SOCIETY „INOCENŢIU MICU CLAIN” OF BLAJ THEOLOGIANS (1863-1948): TRANSLATIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS LITERATURE Cover Image

READING SOCIETY „INOCENŢIU MICU CLAIN” OF BLAJ THEOLOGIANS (1863-1948): TRANSLATIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
READING SOCIETY „INOCENŢIU MICU CLAIN” OF BLAJ THEOLOGIANS (1863-1948): TRANSLATIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS LITERATURE

Author(s): Anton Rus
Subject(s): Language studies, Theology and Religion, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: translations; religious literature; literary and reading societies; Blaj-Romania;

Summary/Abstract: Inserting into the panel of literary and reading societies of the students of the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, which aimed at promoting the national identity by cultivating their own language, the Reading Society „I.M.Kleinŗ of Blaj's theological students, translated into Romanian several important works from the European religious literature (for example, from St. Alfons Maria de Liguori). This study, titled „IMKleinŗ Reading Society of the Theologians of Blaj (1863-1948): translations from the European Religious Literature, provide a list of published translations, analyzes the motivations of their choice, identifies the intent to connect to the European spirit and assess the impact that translations have had in the cultural context of the time.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 520-527
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English