Tradition, tension and translation in Turkey /:

Focusing on the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Bilge Karasu in English translation, this study explores the ways their reception evokes identity issues regarding Turkey. It begins with a theoretical discussion, comparing "national allegory" (Jameson 1986) and "metonymics" (Tymoczko 19...

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Other Authors: Tahir Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (Editor), Paker, Saliha (Editor), Milton, John, 1956- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publisihing Company, [2015]
Series:Benjamins translation library ; v. 118.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Focusing on the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Bilge Karasu in English translation, this study explores the ways their reception evokes identity issues regarding Turkey. It begins with a theoretical discussion, comparing "national allegory" (Jameson 1986) and "metonymics" (Tymoczko 1999), which is a more apt concept when dealing with representations translations offer. The analysis section focuses on the recontextualization of the novels in the reviews in British and American target cultures and the discourses in which they are embedded, illustrating that the works of the two writers establish diff.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027268471
9027268479
9027258597
9789027258595
ISSN:0929-7316 ;

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