[ecrea] Adapting, Translating, Transforming

> Proposed call for papers for edited collection on adaptation/translation:
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> Adapting, Translating, Transforming
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> In recent years adaptation studies has tried to 
> establish itself as a discipline in its own 
> right, with the appearance of several works - 
> both theoretical and empirical - such as Linda 
> Hutcheon's "A Theory of Adaptation" (2005) and 
> Thomas Leitch's "Adaptation Studies and Its 
> Discontents" (2007). While adaptation studies 
> considers itself interdisciplinary in focus, the 
> bulk of its activity to date has been restricted 
> to literature and/or film studies departments, 
> focusing on questions of textual transfer - i.e. 
> what is gained and what is lost by transforming 
> a literary text into a film. There needs to be 
> further research into what the act of adaptation 
> involves and whether it differs from other acts of textual rewriting.
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> Meanwhile the â??cultural turnâ?? in translation 
> studies has prompted many scholars, following 
> Jakobson, to consider adaptation as a form of 
> inter-semiotic translation, and to produce a 
> growing body of work on the â??translationâ?? of 
> literary forms into other media, including film. 
> There seems to be a need to revisit both 
> translation studies and adaptation studies, 
> focusing in particular on possible differences 
> between the two disciplines, as well as areas of 
> crossover. This kind of research can open up new 
> areas of interdisciplinary study in both subject 
> areas - translation and adaptation studies.
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> With this in mind, we will publish a collection 
> of essays from colleagues in both disciplines, 
> focusing in particular on what the terms 
> 'adaptation' and 'translation' actually mean; 
> whether they are interchangeable or whether they 
> are fundamentally different processes. We would 
> welcome contributions that focus on the following issues:
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>    * the role of the translator and whether it 
> differs from that of an adapter
>    * the metaphorical meanings of both terms: 
> translation as transformation or transfer, 
> adaptation as psychological adjustment to a particular context.
>    * translation and adaptation as politically loaded terms
>    * the semiotic systems underlying translation and adaptation
>    * 'openness' versus 'restriction' - do 
> translations differ from adaptations in the way 
> they approach either the source or the target text?
>    * social constructions: the translator as 
> mediator between two languages and two 
> cultures; the adapter as mediator between media and cultures;
>    * the role of the imagination and/or the 
> emotions in the act of translation or adaptation
>    * the role of the academy and/or recent 
> scholarship in shaping attitudes towards both disciplines
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> We are interested in various types of contribution:
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> a) theoretical interventions that deal with both 
> translation and adaptation in terms of recent scholarship in both disciplines;
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> b) personal accounts of how a text was either 
> adapted or translated in specific contexts, 
> focusing in particular on those forces - social, 
> political, cultural - that shaped the act of 
> transformation. This might take the form of a 
> critical analysis of a particular adapterâ??s or translatorâ??s work.
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> c) first hand accounts from professional 
> â??re-writersâ?? as to what the terms mean to 
> them. They may either take the form of 
> response-papers, or accounts of their own work.
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> What we are looking for is a diversity of 
> material, emphasizing the ways in which both 
> 'translation' and 'adaptation' at once parallel 
> yet are fundamentally different from one 
> another. There is no hard and fast word limits, 
> but contributions over 4000 words would be 
> particularly welcome. The book can only help to 
> strengthen the status of both disciplines.
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> Contributions, in the form of short (150-250 
> word) proposals, should be sent to the joint 
> editors, Laurence Raw 
> (<mailto:(l_rawjalaurence /at/ yahoo.com)>(l_rawjalaurence /at/ yahoo.com)) 
> and Joanne Collie 
> (<mailto:(mail /at/ jmacollie.co.uk)>(mail /at/ jmacollie.co.uk)) by 31 December 2009.

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