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La (in)visibilidad de la traductora: la traducciâon del inglâes al espaänol del cuento "Spanish Winter" de Jennifer Egan.
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Creator
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Almeida, Gabriela., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis emphasizes the visibility of the translator as an agent who promotes cultural exchange. This project includes a translation of Jennifer Egan's short story "Spanish Winter" from her collection Emerald City and Other Stories (1996). It also presents the theoretical frame, the critical analysis, and the pitfalls of the translation. "Spanish Winter" is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, a troubled US American, divorced woman who travels by herself to Spain in the winter....
Show moreThis thesis emphasizes the visibility of the translator as an agent who promotes cultural exchange. This project includes a translation of Jennifer Egan's short story "Spanish Winter" from her collection Emerald City and Other Stories (1996). It also presents the theoretical frame, the critical analysis, and the pitfalls of the translation. "Spanish Winter" is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, a troubled US American, divorced woman who travels by herself to Spain in the winter. The importance of this text lies in the quest for identity of a female character whose journey symbolizes a search for herself. This postmodern tale, which depicts cultural exchanges between Spaniards and a US American woman and presents a contemporary theme told by a female narrator traveling abroad, is extremely relevant in today's globalized world. It is a valuable text whose translation promotes a fruitful literary exchange between the United States and the Spanish-speaking countries.
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Date Issued
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2012
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342033
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Subject Headings
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Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Americans, Translating and interpreting
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Document (PDF)
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Reconstruction: photography and history in E.L. Doctorow's The March.
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Creator
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Seymour, Eric., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis presents an examination of the trope of photography in E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March, which takes General Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas as its subject matter. The Civil War, as the first major American military conflict to be photographed, is the perfect vehicle for the novel's meditation upon the representation of significant political and cultural events. As this paper argues, photography functions in the novel as a metaphor for visual culture in...
Show moreThis thesis presents an examination of the trope of photography in E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March, which takes General Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas as its subject matter. The Civil War, as the first major American military conflict to be photographed, is the perfect vehicle for the novel's meditation upon the representation of significant political and cultural events. As this paper argues, photography functions in the novel as a metaphor for visual culture in general. In particular, I argue that the discrepancies which the novel posits between the photographic record and lived experience function to trouble notions of media transparency. As the novel suggests, the popular conception of photography, which constructs it is an irreproachable and infallible medium, has lent itself to political manipulation. Thus, through photography, the novel depicts history as the conventional framing of events for posterity, not as a comprehensive record of events.
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Date Issued
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2007
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11600
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Subject Headings
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Criticism and interpretation, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), History, Criticism and interpretation
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Document (PDF)
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The Story of Ponce de Leon: Soldier, Knight, Gentleman : Whose Quest for the Fountain of Youth in the Land of Bimini, Led to the Discovery of Florida.
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Creator
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Mann, F. A. (Florian Alexander)
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Date Issued
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1903
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000259.pdf
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E-book
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Zilberfleḳ: a geshikhṭe fun a ḳro.
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Creator
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Seton, Ernest Thompson, Ḳanṭor, Sonye.
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Date Issued
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1920
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000231
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Subject Headings
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Crows
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Document (PDF)
