[ecrea] CFP: Authorship and Translation (edited collection)

CFP

Call for Book Chapters: Authorship and Translation

Authorship and Translation (edited collection)
Edited by Siobhan Lyons and Joel Gilberthorpe
Due date for abstracts (300 words): October 31, 2014

The relationship between translation and authorship in philosophical, 
social and political contexts is relatively contentious and 
under-explored, and the lens through which this issue has been discussed 
lacks a substantial comparative analysis. While both the translator and 
author are of great academic interest, as both continue to dominate 
literary criticism, few studies have adequately explored the complex 
relationship between the two in light of historical and philosophical 
developments. Inevitably, there is a special connection between the 
author and the translator that is overlooked in literary cultures. 
Issues of untranslatability, attribution, censorship, and the concept of 
‘faithful’ translations all pose challenges to traditional ideas of 
authorship. While significant critical attention is paid to the 
translator in recent literary discourse, the translator is predominantly 
understood as simply a mediator for an author’s work, rather than as an 
author in themselves. As a result, greater attention must be paid not 
only to the translator alone, but to the author/translator dynamic, in 
order to better understand the importance of the translator in textual 
production and analysis.
"Authorship and Translation" is therefore an important theme of 
discussion for both authorship and translation studies, and aims to 
answer questions such as: What is the relationship between the 
translator and the author in contemporary literature and translation 
studies? In what ways do the translator’s experiences differ/parallel 
with that of the author’s? To what extent can translation be understood 
in equal measure with authorship? And how does the author’s dependence 
on the translator alter the dynamics of their relationship? Such 
questions are crucial in order to understand the complex nature of a 
text, how it is defined, determined, and, of course, how it is to be 
interpreted and through which lenses this is achieved. Of particular 
interest to this publication is a discussion of both authorship and 
translation studies and how both issues interact with each other.

We are seeking scholarly chapters that address but are not limited to:

-The Author/Translator relationship
-The philosophy of Authorship
-The philosophy of Translation
-Untranslatability, imitation, free translation, and inspiration
-Ideas of ‘fidelity’ and ‘infidelity’ in translation
-The Translator as Author
-Self-Translation and the author as translator

Those interested should send abstracts of 300 words, along with a brief 
bio note, to both (siobhan.lyons /at/ mq.edu.au) and 
(joel.gilberthorpe /at/ mq.edu.au) by October 31, 2014. Chapters of 6000-8000 
words will be due in 2015.





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