Translating Foreignness and Unconventionality in Fiction: Arno Schmidt and Reinhard Jirgl Cover Image

Obcość i niekonwencjonalność prozy a przekład. Arno Schmidt i Reinhard Jirgl
Translating Foreignness and Unconventionality in Fiction: Arno Schmidt and Reinhard Jirgl

Author(s): Małgorzata Jokiel
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: unconventionality; foreignness; translation strategy; Arno Schmidt; Reinhard Jirgl; Jacek St. Buras; Ryszard Wojnakowski

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses alienation and unconventionality in contemporary prose. It identifi es various dimensions of alienation and unconventionality as well as strategies adopted by translators to deal with these two aesthetic aspects. The examples are drawn from two novels in German: Die Gelehrtenrepublik by Arno Schmidt and Die Unvollendeten by Reinhard Jirgl, as well as from their Polish translations.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 152–167
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish