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Alice's Adventures in the Italian Land : translating children's literature in Italy across a century (1872-1988)Berrani, Chiara January 2018 (has links)
This research presents a synchronic and a diachronic investigation of six Italian translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice) across a century (1872-1988). This work draws on Antoine Berman's method for the analysis of literary translations and integrates it with interdisciplinary theoretical approaches focused on the investigation of children's literature in translation. The premises of children's literature studies, translation studies, and retranslation studies underpin the analytical framework that supports the textual analysis. The examination focuses in particular on the translation strategies used to convey in Italian the culture-specific references that contribute to fashion the identity of Alice and her Wonderland. The research operates on two different levels. Firstly, it presents a synchronic investigation concerned with a close reading and analysis of each translation in linguistic and textual terms. The elements examined in the detailed survey offer the opportunity to retrace the translators' unique understanding of Alice and discuss how it was conveyed to the Italian readers. Secondly, it proposes a diachronic investigation comparing, from a chronological perspective, the translation solutions previously identified and examines how the concepts of the image of the child and dual readership have evolved in the Italian translations. The purpose of the study is to investigate the translation strategies to convey Alice in Italian, observe the patterns that emerge from the analysis of the texts and advance explanatory hypotheses that would account for the changes in the translators' understanding of Carroll's novel over time. The close reading the research centres on aims to provide a meticulous collection of the translation solutions found in the texts; these are not confined to particular passages of the book but are found throughout it, thus offering support for future analysis on the translations of Alice. Finally, this research also aims to contribute to the analysis of children's literature in translation by providing an analytical framework able to support the investigation of different aspects of books for children in translation in other languages other than Italian.
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An evaluation of the handling of domestic violence cases in the Alice cluster by South African Police Service officialsSonjani, Thembisile Baker 03 1900 (has links)
The study used a qualitative and quantitative approach in evaluating the handling of domestic violence cases in the Alice cluster by the South African Police Service officials. Fifty SAPS officials and twenty victims of domestic violence participated in the research study. Forty cases of domestic violence and four inspection reports by the Eastern Cape Evaluation Service from the Alice cluster were also consulted which served to confirm the responses from the respondents. Questionnaires and interviews were utilized for data collection.
The research study revealed that SAPS officials were not properly trained in domestic violence, as a result domestic violence cases were not handled according to the Domestic Violence Act. Some domestic violence victims expressed their dissatisfaction with the handling of their cases. The suggested recommendations include adequate training necessary for SAPS officials to improve service delivery to the victims of domestic violence and proper supervision by the station management. / Police Practice / M.Tech. (Policing))
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Translation or rewriting of proper names : A study of children’s literature across a century / Översätting eller omskrivning av egennamn : En studie på barnlitteratur under ett sekelSand, Veronica January 2021 (has links)
The translation of names is a topic for discussion within many fields, no less so within translation studies. Furthermore, the translation of proper names in children’s literature is a topic with on-going changes. There is a divide between those who believe that the names should be translated into proper cultural equivalent and those who believe it is time to have faith in children being able to handle foreign names. That is what this study will focus on. Approx. 15 names from seven children’s books from 1865 to 2011 were studied to conclude that there seems to be a greater faith in children’s ability to handle foreign names. Three languages were compared English, Spanish, and Swedish with the majority of the 337 names studied being kept in their original format, with spelling intact. / Översättningen av namn är ett diskussionsämne inom många områden, inte minst inom översättningsstudier. Utöver detta är översättningen av egennamn inom barnlitteratur ett ämne som är under ständig förändring. Det finns en klyfta mellan de som menar att namn borde bli översatta till sin kulturella likvärdighet och de som menar att det är på tiden att lita på att barn kan hantera främmande namn. Det är denna diskussion som kommer vara fokus för denna uppsatsen. Ca. 15 namn från sju barnböcker från 1865 till 2011 studerades för att visa att det verkar finnas en större tilltro till barns förmåga att hantera främmande namn. Tre språk jämfördes, engelska, spanska och svenska. Var utav de 337 namnen som studerades var majoriteten oförändrade i översättningarna.
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Alice se avonture in Afrikaans : 'n vertaalteoretiese beskouing van geskiktheid, aanvaarbaarheid en gepastheidDe Roubaix, Lelanie 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil (Afrikaans and Dutch))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as well as
its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, have the
reputation of being the most quoted and translated texts of all time, after the Bible
and Shakespeare. The status of the Alice books as timeless classics is confirmed by
the numerous translations and adaptations of the texts that have already been made
and is still being made. In this study, a descriptive investigation of André P. Brink’s
Afrikaans translation of Carroll’s classic children’s books is undertaken in order to
investigate whether the translation is still suitable for Afrikaans readers today. Brink’s
Afrikaans translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1965,
and his translation of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There in
1968.
Firstly, an overview of the most important theoretical contributions to translation
studies since the nineteen-eighties is given to provide a foundation for the
investigation and description of translations. Relevant terminology, such as
adequacy and acceptability, will be explained. Emphasis will especially be placed on
the interaction between the theoretical contributions, which will serve as a basis for
the conclusion drawn regarding the suitability of the translation. The conclusion will
be based on an application where the translation will be investigated.
The translation is studied from a theoretical point of view on macrostructural as well
as microstructural level. In the macrostructural analysis, references to the title, cover
pages, illustrations, chapter titles, and the (in)visibility of the translator will be made.
The microstructural analysis comprises an investigation of how Brink dealt with
translation problems that arose during the particular translation. As a result of the
investigation of the translation, conclusions can be drawn regarding the suitability of
the translation for current readers. A recommendation on the possibility of a
retranslation is also offered. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Lewis Carroll se klassieke kinderverhaal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland en die
opvolg Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, het die reputasie as
die tekste wat, naas die Bybel en Shakespeare, die meeste aangehaal word en
vertaal word van alle tekste. Die status van die Alice-verhale as tydlose, klassieke
verhale word bevestig deur die verskeie vertalings en verwerkings daarvan wat
reeds gedoen is en steeds onderneem word. In hierdie studie word ’n beskrywende
ondersoek van André P. Brink se Afrikaanse vertaling van Carroll se verhale
onderneem om vas te stel of die vertalings vir huidige lesers steeds gepas is. Brink
se Afrikaanse vertaling van Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is reeds in 1965
gepubliseer en die vertaling van Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found
There in 1968.
’n Oorsig oor die vernaamste vertaalteoretiese bydraes sedert die tagtigerjare word
eerstens gebied as gronding vir die bestudering en beskrywing van vertalings.
Relevante terminologie, waaronder geskiktheid en aanvaarbaarheid, kom ook aan
bod. Daar word veral klem gelê op die interaksie tussen die teoretiese bydraes, wat
gesamentlik dien as ’n grondslag vir die gevolgtrekking wat gemaak word oor die
gepastheid van die vertaling. Die oordeel oor die gepastheid, al dan nie, van die
vertaling word gegrond op ’n toepassing waar die vertaling bestudeer word.
Die vertaling word vanuit ’n vertaalteoretiese oogpunt op makro- sowel as mikrovlak
bestudeer. Op makrovlak word daar onder andere verwys na die titel, voorblaaie,
illustrasies, hoofstuktitels en die (on)sigbaarheid van die vertaler. Die bestudering
van die vertaling op mikrovlak behels ’n ondersoek na Brink se hantering van
vertaalprobleme wat in die betrokke vertaalsituasie ontstaan. Na aanleiding van die
bestudering van die vertaling kan daar afleidings gemaak word oor die gepastheid
daarvan vir huidige lesers en word ’n aanbeveling gemaak oor die moontlikheid van
’n hervertaling.
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Color (Sub)Conscious: African American Women, Authors, and the Color Line in Their LiteratureEley, Dikeita N. 01 January 2004 (has links)
Color (sub)Conscious explores the African American female's experience with colorism. Divided into three distinct sections. The first section is a literary analysis of such works as Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Alice Walker's "If the Present Looks Like the Past, What Does the Future Look Like?" an essay from her collection In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. The second section is a research project based on data gathered from 12 African American females willing to share their own experiences and insights on colorism. The final section is a creative non-fiction piece of the author's own personal pain growing up and living with the lasting effects of colorism.
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Blogs, Books, & Breadcrumbs: A Case Study of Transmedial Fairy TalesStewart, Kristy Gilbert 01 December 2014 (has links)
Understanding transmedial storytelling is particularly important to fairy-tale studies. Monomedial views have long been unable to account for all of fairy tale tradition. Although the form originated in oral culture, it has long been a liminal, hybrid form that retains aspects of orality even while its principal mode of transference for some time has been something other than face-to-face communication. Transformations and adaptations across different media and contexts has resulted in a system of fairy-tale tradition that is massively intertextual and transmedial. No one medium can claim primary control over the fairy-tale tradition. Throughout time, oral tellings have inspired literary adaptations; literary renditions have influenced oral and theater performances; oral, print, and theater performances have spawned any number of retellings and adaptations within audiovisual media. This case study, investigates one example of adaptation to social media and integration across media: Tim Manley's satirical blog Fairy Tales for Twenty-somethings and his book Alice in Tumblr-land. In Manley's fairy tale creations, we see an instance of what Henry Jenkins calls convergence culture. This convergence should be of particular interest to folklorists because corporate and mass-media systems continue to influence and integrate with existing forms of interaction. Manley's overall narrative approach integrates two media, which permits him to use fairy tales to express a broader range of narrative impulses than would a project tied to only one medium. Media integration is an important concept to recognize and investigate because so many individuals see different media as inherently combative rather than mutually beneficial systems. Just as intertextuality has become a foundational concept in many humanistic studies, intermediality needs to enter the folklorist's discussions as well. With only some media under consideration, we only get some of the message.
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Uncovering Alice Bag: An Alternative Punk HistoryMacune, Emily 01 January 2019 (has links)
The intention of this thesis is to provide an alternative counter-narrative to the mainstream histories of punk that center white men. By focusing on the contributions of fem queer and POC punks, I aim to legitimize punk music as a form of resistance against systems of oppression that are oppositional to the commodified forms of mainstream punk. Using Alice Bag, as my central case study as a fem queer punk that is often left out of punk historical narratives, I contextualize her work through feminist, queer, and media studies lenses to bridge the gap between academia and forgotten personal experience.
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Reading Alice Dunbar-Nelson Through the Eyes of a CreoleJones, Patrice E. 06 August 2018 (has links)
Abstract Over the last fifty years scholars have worked to recover the work of late nineteenth, early twentieth-century writer Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Many scholars have acknowledged the impact of New Orleans culture and history in her writing as well as attempted peel back the layers of her stories in order to understand her commentary on structures of race, class, and gender in nineteenth-century New Orleans. This hybrid paper, both creative and academic, subjective and objective, is a reading of her work through the Creole lens. Reading Alice Dunbar-Nelson through a Creole lens illuminates the radical nature of her work which has not always been seen through alternative lenses. This paper is a viewing of the work of Dunbar-Nelson from the marginal space which it illustrates and from which it comes. Through personal narrative and analytical thought this paper explores a different approach to literary criticism.
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The new heroines : the contemporary female Bildungsroman in English Canadian literature /Bellamy, Connie. January 1986 (has links)
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Neoliberalism and social patterns : constructions of home and community in contemporary New Zealand fiction : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in English at Massey University, Albany, New ZealandShaw, Kirsten Elizabeth January 2007 (has links)
Constructions of home, family and community as ways of belonging have been ongoing discourses in New Zealand. This thesis examines constructions of home and family in works of fiction by four contemporary New Zealand authors: Alice Tawhai, Charlotte Grimshaw, Witi Ihimaera and Damien Wilkins. It asks how the main sociological characteristics of the period are presented and performed through fiction. Through these characters and their situations these authors expose the social fantasy of contemporary New Zealand society: that of individual reflexive opportunity. The twentieth century has seen a changing social fabric with loosening of bonds and the increase of individualism. The New Zealand way of life is changing, with increasing interconnectedness of the world through globalisation. Neo-liberal ideology, itself a response to globalising effects, has exacerbated social fragmentation and income disparity. Neoliberalism, a retreat of the state from both financial control and support of individuals, presumes a logic of market-forces and rational choice based on the maximisation of opportunity. This has implications for the individual’s sense of self and ways of belonging as the New Zealand subject is increasingly premised on personal responsibility. This thesis looks at the economic and sociological analyses of neoliberalism and asks if they are confirmed in the fiction.
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