The Media of Translation / Translation between Media

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British Comparative Literature Association Graduate Conference in association with the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Keynote speakers:

Prof Clive Scott        (University of East Anglia)
Prof Mary Jacobus (CRASSH, University of Cambridge)

We will consider two parallel sets of questions:   

1       Do (or should) we treat different languages as separate mediums? Should we think of translation as a coming to terms with, rather than the transcendence of the material conditions of languages? To what extent can we conceive of translation as an intermedial pursuit? 

2         When one medium aspires to the condition of another or when it adapts a specific instance of another, do we call this ‘translation’? If so, what is it that gets translated? Could we call it a ‘meaning’, or is it perhaps an ‘affect’?

This leads to the overarching question: do translation studies and intermedia research share a common hermeneutical predicament?

Keywords:  comparative literature, translation studies, the theory of intermediality, materiality, hermeneutics, semantics, affect, fidelity.

Free event.  All welcome however Registration is required.  To book a place, please click the link Online Registration (right hand of this page)
Deadline for Registration: Monday 16 March 09, 12.00 noon 

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