The Aesthetics of Resistance: Translating Hybridity in “Une Enfance Créole”

Diplôme Master The Aesthetics of Resistance: Translating Hybridity in “Une Enfance Créole” eng 2020 author Thompson Heather 836977 director Tarpley James 750087 This thesis examines the challenges of translating Patrick Chamoiseau's “Une enfance créole,” paying particular attention to the author's use of Martinican Creole. It contains an overview of Chamoiseau's work and the Créolité movement in the context of the history and sociopolitics of Martinique and preceding intellectual movements Négritude and Antillanité. The thesis reviews contemporary translation theory to compile a list of tactics suited to translating hybrid, diglossic literature. Finally, a method is presented for translating such literature along with a new translation of a passage from “Antan d'enfance.” Subjects treated in the discussion of the translation include typical issues like tense shifts, fluctuations in register, and prosody; also discussed are cultural issues in translation, including Creole, realia, and racialized terms. An interview with the translator Carol Volk is included as an appendix. Translation Literary translation Chamoiseau Creole Martinique Caribbean Antilles Postcolonial Une enfance créole Créolité Leveling Diglossia Translating style Translating culture Realia Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en traduction spécialisée 111 Département de traduction 91 false b21b79c8-7a20-4d76-a3de-59132f0bd7b7 Master thesis Private Thompson_Memoire.pdf 2655103 application/pdf closedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction

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