Analysis of the treatment of intertextuality in the Italian translations of the works by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) in the light of the epistemic approach

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Published: Feb 9, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2017.9.4
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P.G. Wodehouse, epistemic approach, intertextuality, retranslation, comic style

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Gabriella Valentino
Swansea University

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Research on Humour and Translation studies requires instruments capable to appreciate their complex nature. We present here the epistemic approach, a tool especially devised to analyse the translation of humour instances in written fictional text. This approach focuses on the role knowledge plays in creative production and in the process of translating, allowing both translators and researchers to recognize the functions of the stylistic devices employed to convey humour, and to guide and evaluate their rendering in translation. The stylistic device investigated in this study is intertextuality in the works of humourist writer P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975). By means of a case study, its treatment in translation is analysed, comparing five translations of the same novel into Italian, published between 1931 and 1994.

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Valentino, G. (2018). Analysis of the treatment of intertextuality in the Italian translations of the works by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) in the light of the epistemic approach. MonTI. Monographs in Translation and Interpreting, (9), 101–124. https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2017.9.4
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Gabriella Valentino, Swansea University

Gabriella Valentino has degrees in Modern Languages and in Science of Education. She is researching for her PhD at Swansea University, Wales, on the works of P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) re-translated into Italian. Her main research interests are Translation Studies, Re-translation, Epistemics and Humour Research.

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