Anti-illusionist Trend in Drama Translation: Re-framing Jiří Levý’s Concept
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.mut.325375Keywords:
drama translation, performance text, anti-illusionist translation, verbal action, stylizationAbstract
The present paper attempts at (1) the insightful examination of Jiří Levý's conception of drama translation and (2) its potential extrapolation onto the current sociocultural theorizations of translating for theatre. Along the existent key orientations in drama translation evaluation, the study will foreground the following premises from Levý's reflections on translating dramatic works: (1) the relative historicity of the dramatic style; (2) the role of stylization in speech repertoires of the characters; (3) stage dialogue as a system of semantic impulses, or “semantic energy”; (4) “internal” concretization of the stage dialogue; (5) drama translation as a “verbal action”, towards the principle of inconsistent fidelity. The ultimate aim is to explore what these concepts can bring to the present discourse on drama translation in general, and for a better understanding of drama translation-adaptation or re-writing that could presumably be termed by Levý as anti-illusion as well. Furthermore, the paper will demonstrate how formative Levý’s ideas could be for the interpretation of drama translation in Ukraine.
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