Rewriting Humour in Comic Books Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations /

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...

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Main Author: Asimakoulas, Dimitris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting,
Subjects:
Translating and interpreting.
Comparative literature.
Greek language.
Linguistics > Methodology.
Germanic languages.
Computational linguistics.
Language Translation.
Comparative Literature.
Greek.
Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.
Germanic Languages.
Computational Linguistics.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary: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. 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. .
Physical Description:XIX, 189 p. 77 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783030195274
ISSN:2947-5759
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-19527-4

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