Between domestication and foregnising: references to Polish culture texts as a lacunary category in translations of Wisława Szymborska’s poems Cover Image

Między adaptacją a egzotyzacją: odwołania do tekstów kultury polskiej jako kategoria lakunarna w przekładach wierszy Wisławy Szymborskiej
Between domestication and foregnising: references to Polish culture texts as a lacunary category in translations of Wisława Szymborska’s poems

Author(s): Joanna Szerszunowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: domestication; foregnisation; intertextuality; lacunarity; literary translation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to compare and discuss translations of cultural references to Polish culture texts in Wisława Szymborska’s poem into four languages: English, French, German and Italian. The analysis encompasses intertextual elements from various culture texts, e.g. poems, legends, folk songs, which are explicitly given in poems. The strategies adopted in all versions are compared and evaluated with a view to determining similarities and differences as well as the factors which conditioned the choice of the strategy. Special attention is paid to lacunary connotations evoked by the references at issue.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 217-240
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish