Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Illustration and translation have so much in common that the
theoretical "instruments" used to describe, substantiate and evaluate
translated works, can also be used where picture books are concerned.
These similarities include the fact that illustrations as well as
translations function semiotically - both relay narratives by means of
systems of signs or codes. As signs, the contents of translations and
illustrations have meaning or obtain significance only once they are
read by an individual - homo significons - in a specific context.
Another significant similarity between translation and illustration is
the fact that both deal with the intercultural transfer of a narrative.
The theory of translation takes cognisance of the contextual and, from
the perspective of gender and postcolonial studies, points to the fact
that cultural differences (and the power imbalances and ideologies they
often imply) are closely linked to translation strategies.
The literary environment and the circumstances in which the
translation (or picture book) is produced, are also relevant for the
meaning that can be ascribed to the picture book. In the literary
environment (and indeed in most academic disciplines) the didactic
benefit of picture books is accentuated more or takes precedence over
the aesthetic qualities which these may have.
Key concepts and theorists for this study are:
• illustrations and translations as rewritings can be worthy
and influential renderings of the source text
• intertextuality will be the undisputed starting point for the
(inevitably interdisciplinary) study of picture books
• the skopos-theory according to which the objective of the book
greatly determines the appearance and meaning thereof
• Riitta Oittinen's theory of translation according to carnivalism which focuses on the child receptor
Geoff Moss' and Jens Thiele's reference to ambiguity and
experimentation in picture books
Edward Venuti's reference to two (apparently opposing)
translation strategies, namely domestication and
foreignization.
With this study I conclude that meaning in translated picture books is
brought to the text by all participants and can therefore never be
completed. Picture book illustrations as aesthetic products demand
that the rewriter experiment with the narrative in a carnavalistic and
unrestricted manner. At the same time, however, the illustrator or
tranlator should anchor this experimentation in reality by meeting
other role players (publishers, educationalists, literary theorists,
authors and readers) in dialogical rewriting. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Illustrasie toon soveelooreenkomste met vertaling dat die teoretiese
"instrumente" waarmee vertaalde werk beskryf, begrond en beoordeel
word, ook ten opsigte van prenteboeke gebruik kan word.
Hierdie ooreenkomste sluit in dat sowel illustrasies as vertalings
semioties funksioneer deurdat hulle narratiewe deur middel van
tekensisteme of kodes oordra. As tekens kry die inhoud van vertalings
en illustrasies egter eers betekenis of maak hulle sin wanneer hulle in 'n
bepaalde konsteks deur 'n mens, homo significans, gelees word.
'n Ander belangrike ooreenkoms tussen vertaling en illustrasie is dat
albei handeloor die interkulturele oordrag van 'n narratief. Die
vertaalteorie neem pertinent kennis van die konteks van die geskrewe
werk en wys byvoorbeeld vanuit genderstudies en postkoloniale studies
daarop dat kulturele ongelykhede (en die magswanbalanse en ideologie
daaraan verbonde) dikwels onderliggend aan 'n vertaalstrategie is.
Die literêre en produksie-omgewing en -omstandighede waarin die
vertaling (of prenteboek) tot stand kom is ook relevant vir die betekenis
wat aan die prenteboek toegedig kan word. In die literêre omgewing (en
trouens in die meeste akademiese dissiplines) word prenteboeke se
didaktiese nut veel eerder beklemtoon of erken as die estetiese
kwaliteite wat dit mag hê.
Sleutelkonsepte en teoretiese raamwerke vir hierdie studie is:
dat illustrasies, soos vertalings, as herskrywings
waardige en invloedryke weergawes van die bronteks kan wees
dat intertekstualiteit die ononderhandelbare vertrekpunt sal
wees vir 'n studie van prenteboeke (wat uiteraard 'n
interdissiplinêre studieveld is)
die uitgangspunt van die skopos-teorie waarvolgens die
oogmerk met die boek die voorkoms (en betekenis) daarvan tot 'n groot mate sal bepaal
Riitta Oittinen se vertaalteorie volgens karnavalisme wat op
die kinderreseptor fokus
GeoffMoss en Jens Thiele se verwysing na dubbelsinnigheid
en eksperimentering in prenteboeke
Edward Venuti se uitwys van twee (oënskynlik opponerende)
vertaalstrategieë, inburgering en vervreemding.
Met die studie bevind ek dat betekenis in vertaalde prenteboeke deur
alle rolspelers na die teks geneem word en derhalwe nooit voltooibaar is
nie. Prenteboekillustrasies as estetiese produkte vereis dat die
herskrywer daarvan op 'n karnavalistiese en ongebonde manier met die
narratief eksperimenteer, maar dat dit in die realiteit geanker word
deurdat ander rolspelers (uitgewers, opvoeders, letterkundiges, outeurs
en lesers) in dialogiese herskrywing (vertaling en illustrasie) ontmoet
word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50038 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Grobler, Piet |
| Contributors | Dietrich, K., Bouma, P., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | af_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 331 p. : ill. (some col.) |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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