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Translation and the Future of Early World Literature

Translation and the Future of Early World Literature Even if the United States remains mostly monolingual, it seems imperative—politically, economically, and ethically—that American college students begin to develop some understanding of the processes of translation. A focus on linguistic and cultural translation can serve as a fruitful approach for teaching early world literature, since students need some invitation to enter into a conversation with the reading and crave some sense of present relevance. Encountering a text in multiple English translations directs our attention away from an arrested sense of its existence in the past and toward a more dynamic sense of its present in cultural circulation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy Duke University Press

Translation and the Future of Early World Literature

Pedagogy , Volume 13 (3) – Oct 1, 2013

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© 2013 by Duke University Press
ISSN
1531-4200
eISSN
1533-6255
DOI
10.1215/15314200-2266414
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Abstract

Even if the United States remains mostly monolingual, it seems imperative—politically, economically, and ethically—that American college students begin to develop some understanding of the processes of translation. A focus on linguistic and cultural translation can serve as a fruitful approach for teaching early world literature, since students need some invitation to enter into a conversation with the reading and crave some sense of present relevance. Encountering a text in multiple English translations directs our attention away from an arrested sense of its existence in the past and toward a more dynamic sense of its present in cultural circulation.

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PedagogyDuke University Press

Published: Oct 1, 2013

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