The Caribbean in Translation; Remapping Thresholds of Dislocation

ISBN-13: 9781789971989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str.

Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

Opis

This book investigates twentieth- and twenty-first-century Caribbean literatures in translation. Covering English-, French- and Spanish-language texts, the book applies Glissantian relational thinking to the study of translation and literary circulation, challenging core-periphery models in favour of alternative pathways of cultural exchange.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: The Caribbean in Translation: On Textual Thresholds and Archipelagic Crossings - Relocating Thresholds in Caribbean and Translation Studies - Mediating Authenticity for Caribbean Literatures in Translation - The Trial of the Border: From Inhospitable Thresholds to Liminal Reciprocities - (Re)translating Césaire's Cahier: Towards a Decolonization of Paratextual Practices? - Sub-Liminal Correspondences: Transoceanic Creolizations in the Making - Towards a Caribbeanization of Translation Practices and Transnational Literary Circulation - Conclusion: Rethinking Translation Studies from Caribbean Meridians: When Thresholds Become Relational Ecotones.

O autorze

Laëtitia Saint-Loubert completed a PhD in Caribbean studies at the University of Warwick. She is a practising literary translator and has worked as an instructor of French and English at the University of Warwick (2015-2017) and Université de La Réunion (2017-2020), respectively. Her current research investigates Caribbean literatures in translation and focuses on bibliodiversity and non-vertical modes of circulation for Caribbean and Indian Ocean literatures. The Caribbean in Translation: Remapping Thresholds of Dislocation is her first monograph.