English As a Literature in Translation
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781628925098
Subjects: Literature, translations, history and criticism; Translating and interpreting; Language and culture; Literature and society
Description: "For many writers writing in English today, English is but one of a number of languages, and by extension cultures, to which they have access. The question arises of the impact of this sometimes latent, sometimes explicit, multilingualism on generic and other literary forms and conventions. To what extent is English literature today a literature in translation in the sense that it is formed at the confluence of different literary and cultural traditions and is mediated or brokered by multilingual individuals? And to what extent might literary creativity today be premised on access to more than one language and/or set of cultural and literary traditions? English as a Literature in Translation examines the complexities of writing in English and assesses the extent to which language practices in English have been localized and/or culturally inflected, even as English has become a global medium of communication."--

"Explores the consequences of bilingualism/multilingualism for literary writing in English in terms of generic and linguistic innovation"--