Author: William Shakespeare
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Select Plays of Shakespeare ...
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Comparing the Incomparable
Author: Marcel Detienne
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804757496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804757496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity.
The Translation Zone
Author: Emily Apter
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400841216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In The Translation Zone, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new comparative literature. Organized around a series of propositions that range from the idea that nothing is translatable to the idea that everything is translatable, The Translation Zone examines the vital role of translation studies in the "invention" of comparative literature as a discipline. Apter emphasizes "language wars" (including the role of mistranslation in the art of war), linguistic incommensurability in translation studies, the tension between textual and cultural translation, the role of translation in shaping a global literary canon, the resistance to Anglophone dominance, and the impact of translation technologies on the very notion of how translation is defined. The book speaks to a range of disciplines and spans the globe. Ultimately, The Translation Zone maintains that a new comparative literature must take stock of the political impact of translation technologies on the definition of foreign or symbolic languages in the humanities, while recognizing the complexity of language politics in a world at once more monolingual and more multilingual.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400841216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In The Translation Zone, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new comparative literature. Organized around a series of propositions that range from the idea that nothing is translatable to the idea that everything is translatable, The Translation Zone examines the vital role of translation studies in the "invention" of comparative literature as a discipline. Apter emphasizes "language wars" (including the role of mistranslation in the art of war), linguistic incommensurability in translation studies, the tension between textual and cultural translation, the role of translation in shaping a global literary canon, the resistance to Anglophone dominance, and the impact of translation technologies on the very notion of how translation is defined. The book speaks to a range of disciplines and spans the globe. Ultimately, The Translation Zone maintains that a new comparative literature must take stock of the political impact of translation technologies on the definition of foreign or symbolic languages in the humanities, while recognizing the complexity of language politics in a world at once more monolingual and more multilingual.
The Types of the Folk-tale
Author: Antti Amatus Aarne
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Languages : en
Pages : 279
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 279
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The Classic Fairy Tales
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393972771
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Focusing on six types of tales in variants from around the world, essays explore the genre, cultural implications, and critical history.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393972771
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Focusing on six types of tales in variants from around the world, essays explore the genre, cultural implications, and critical history.
On the Universal
Author: Francois Jullien
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745646220
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China and the West. In this new book he focuses on the following questions: Do universal values exist? Is dialogue between cultures possible? To answer these questions, he retraces the history of the concept of the universal from its invention as an aspect of Roman citizenship, through its neutralization in the Christian idea of salvation, to its present day manifestations. This raises the question of whether the search for the universal is a uniquely Western preoccupation: do other cultures, like China, even have a notion of the universal, and if so, how does it differ from ours? Having considered the meaning of the concept in the East and West, Jullien argues that, if communication between cultures is to be meaningful, facile assumptions of universal values and complacent relativism need to be examined. It follows, therefore, that dialogue between cultures should not begin with issues of identity and difference, but rather by considering divergence and profusion. By no longer simply assuming universality, we allow for greater self-reflection. This wide-ranging and engaging study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of philosophy and of Chinese culture and society. It will also appeal to a wider readership interested in contemporary thought and the challenges of communication between East and West.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745646220
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China and the West. In this new book he focuses on the following questions: Do universal values exist? Is dialogue between cultures possible? To answer these questions, he retraces the history of the concept of the universal from its invention as an aspect of Roman citizenship, through its neutralization in the Christian idea of salvation, to its present day manifestations. This raises the question of whether the search for the universal is a uniquely Western preoccupation: do other cultures, like China, even have a notion of the universal, and if so, how does it differ from ours? Having considered the meaning of the concept in the East and West, Jullien argues that, if communication between cultures is to be meaningful, facile assumptions of universal values and complacent relativism need to be examined. It follows, therefore, that dialogue between cultures should not begin with issues of identity and difference, but rather by considering divergence and profusion. By no longer simply assuming universality, we allow for greater self-reflection. This wide-ranging and engaging study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of philosophy and of Chinese culture and society. It will also appeal to a wider readership interested in contemporary thought and the challenges of communication between East and West.
Flights of Fantasy
Author: Ceza Kassem
Publisher:
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Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
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Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Life of Sir Thomas More
Author: Cresacre More
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Field is Won
Author: Ernest Edwin Reynolds
Publisher: London : Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780223976283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher: London : Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780223976283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Tower Works
Author: Saint Thomas More
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300022650
Category : Lord's Supper
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300022650
Category : Lord's Supper
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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