Found in translation : Greek drama in English / J. Michael Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, J. Michael, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama.

Greek drama--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

vii, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In considering the practice and theory of translating Classical Greek plays into English from a theatrical perspective, Found in Translation also addresses the wider issues of transferring any piece of theatre from a source into a target language. The history of translating classical tragedy and comedy, here fully investigated for the first time, demonstrates how through the ages translators have, wittingly or unwittingly, appropriated Greek plays and made them reflect socio-political concerns of their own era. Chapters are devoted to topics including verse and prose, mask and non-verbal language, stage directions and subtext, and translating the comic. Among the plays discussed as 'case studies' are Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Euripides' Medea and Alcestis. The book concludes with a consideration of the boundaries between 'translation' and 'adaptation', followed by an appendix of every translation of Greek tragedy and comedy into English from the 1550s to the present day.

Contents:

Introduction: 'Summon the Presbyterians' 1

1 Finding Principles, Finding a Theory 9

2 Historical Perspectives: Lumley to Lennox 26

3 Aeschylus and the Agamemnon: Gilding the Lily 43

4 Translating the Mask: the Non-Verbal Language 62

5 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus: Words and Concepts 85

6 Text and Subtext: From Bad to Verse 106

7 Euripides' Medea and Alcestis: From Sex to Sentiment 126

8 The Comic Tradition 145

9 Modernising Comedy 162

10 When is a Translation Not a Translation? 179

Appendix A Comprehensive List of all Greek Plays in English Translation 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and indexes.

ISBN:

0521861101

OCLC:

70664050

Publisher Number:

9780521861106