Yiddish and the Field of Translation
Title | Yiddish and the Field of Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Olaf Terpitz |
Publisher | Böhlau Wien |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2020-11-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3205210298 |
Yiddish literature and culture take a central position in Jewish literatures. They are shaped to a high degree, not least through migration, by encounter, transfer, and transformation. Translation, sustained by writers, translators, journalists amongst others, encompasses besides texts also discourses, concepts and medialities. The volume's contributions negotiate this dynamic field between Yiddish studies, translation and world literature in different spatial and temporal contexts. The focus on translation in Yiddish literature and culture allows insights into the glocal Yiddish cultural production as well as it delivers incentives to current transdisciplinary cultural theories.
Yiddish and the Field of Translation
Title | Yiddish and the Field of Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Olaf Terpitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2020-10-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783205210283 |
Yiddish and the Field of Translation
Title | Yiddish and the Field of Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Olaf Terpitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783205210306 |
Jewish Translation - Translating Jewishness
Title | Jewish Translation - Translating Jewishness PDF eBook |
Author | Magdalena Waligórska |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2018-05-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 3110550784 |
This interdisciplinary volume looks at one of the central cultural practices within the Jewish experience: translation. With contributions from literary and cultural scholars, historians, and scholars of religion, the book considers different aspects of Jewish translation, starting from the early translations of the Torah, to the modern Jewish experience of migration, state-building and life in the Diaspora. The volume addresses the question of how Jews have used translation to pursue different cultural and political agendas, such as Jewish nationalism, the development of Yiddish as a literary language, and the collection of Holocaust testimonies. It also addresses how non-Jews have translated elements of the Judaic tradition to create an image of the Other. Covering a wide span of contexts, including religion, literature, photography, music and folk practices, and featuring an interview section with authors and translators, the volume will be of interest not only to scholars of Jewish studies, translation and cultural studies, but also a wider interested audience.
Writing in Tongues
Title | Writing in Tongues PDF eBook |
Author | Anita Norich |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2014-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0295804955 |
Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity.
Fly Already
Title | Fly Already PDF eBook |
Author | Etgar Keret |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2019-09-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698166116 |
From a "genius" (New York Times) storyteller: a new, subversive, hilarious, heart-breaking collection. "There is sweetheartedness and wisdom and eloquence and transcendence in his stories because these virtues exist in abundance in Etgar himself... I am very happy that Etgar and his work are in the world, making things better." --George Saunders There's no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take place at the crossroads of the fantastical, searing, and hilarious. His characters grapple with parenthood and family, war and games, marijuana and cake, memory and love. These stories never go to the expected place, but always surprise, entertain, and move... In "Arctic Lizard," a young boy narrates a post-apocalyptic version of the world where a youth army wages an unending war, rewarded by collecting prizes. A father tries to shield his son from the inevitable in "Fly Already." In "One Gram Short," a guy just wants to get a joint to impress a girl and ends up down a rabbit hole of chaos and heartache. And in the masterpiece "Pineapple Crush," two unlikely people connect through an evening smoke down by the beach, only to have one of them imagine a much deeper relationship. The thread that weaves these pieces together is our inability to communicate, to see so little of the world around us and to understand each other even less. Yet somehow, in these pages, through Etgar's deep love for humanity and our hapless existence, a bright light shines through and our universal connection to each other sparks alive.
The Field of Yiddish
Title | The Field of Yiddish PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Yiddish philology |
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