VISUALIZATION AS TECHNIQUE FOR X-RAYING THE
INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF LEGAL TEXTS: A GENRE-BASED
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
VISUALIZATION AS TECHNIQUE FOR X-RAYING THE
INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF LEGAL TEXTS: A GENRE-BASED
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
Author(s): Marina-Cristiana RotaruSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: visualization; visual literacy; genre analysis; legal texts; verticalization;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to illustrate how to make a legal text with a convoluted structure more accessible visually. It is a methodological approach circumscribed to genre analysis, which aims to make the legal translator more aware of genre-bound features of legal texts. In addition, the paper aims to show how developing visual literacy skills can help x-ray the internal structure of such texts. Our methodological approach rests on Vijay K. Bhatia’s method, which he devised as a technique for revealing the “skeleton” of a legal text. We emphasize its use as a visualization method by circumscribing it to the domain of visual literacy, and we propose a plan for a teaching activity which introduces the method as a technique for developing visual literacy skills for legal texts.
- Issue Year: X/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 82-89
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English