Rewriting Humour in Comic Books

Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-19529-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting

This book examines comic book adaptations of Aristophanes’ plays in order to shed light on how and why humour travels across cultures and time. Forging links between modern languages, translation and the study of comics, it analyses the Greek originals and their English translations and offers a unique, language-led research agenda for cultural flows, and the systematic analysis of textual norms in a multimodal environment. It will appeal to students and scholars of Modern Languages, Translation Studies, Comics Studies, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asimakoulas, Dimitris

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Comics & Cartoons (Design)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Rewriting.Chapter 3: Transition to comic book text. A different mode of engagement.Chapter 4: Towards a poetics of humour.Chapter 5: Repeated logic offenders: Comic Characters.Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Dimitris Asimakoulas is a Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. His research focuses on humour, minority identities in literature and film, and translation history.