From 1660 to c 1700, England set her eyes on Spain and on the seventeenth-century Spanish comedy of intrigue with an aim to import new plots and charactersthat might appeal to the Anglo-Saxon audience. As a consequence, Hispanic drama in translation enjoyed a period of relative popularity never to be repeateduntil the turn of the twenty-first century. By analysing a corpus of translated classical Spanish plays intended for performance, this book aims to show the strategies chosen by the translators concerned. Hence, many aspects present in the source texts are naturalized in order to meet the demands of the targetculture, while others are kept to clarify the 'Spanishness' of the text. Thisstudy draws significant conclusions on the validity of these mechanisms within the specific framework of Drama Translation Studies. This volume will be of interest to Hispanists, drama translation scholars and theatre practitioners. INDICE: Part I. Background. Part II. Spanish comedias in English translation (1660-1700).
- ISBN: 978-90-272-8905-6
- Editorial: John Benjamins
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 330
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés