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Translation and Translating in German Studies is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Raleigh Whitinger, a well-loved scholar of German literature, an inspiring teacher, and an exceptional editor and translator. Its twenty chapters, written by Canadian and international experts explore new perspectives on translation and German studies as they inform processes of identity formation, gendered representations, visual and textual mediations, and teaching and learning practices. Translation (as a product) and translating (as a process) function both as analytical categories and as objects of analysis in literature, film, dance, architecture, history, second-language education, and study-abroad experiences. The volume arches from theory and genres more traditionally associated with translation (i.e., literature, philosophy) to new media (dance, film) and experiential education, and identifies pressing issues and themes that are increasingly discussed and examined in the context of translation. This study will be invaluable to university and college faculty working in the disciplines in German studies as well as in translation, cultural studies, and second-language education. Its combination of theoretical and practical explorations will allow readers to view cultural texts anew and invite educators to revisit long-forgotten or banished practices, such as translation in (auto)biographical writing and in the German language classroom.

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Author:   John L. Plews ,  Diana Spokiene
Publisher:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.638kg
ISBN:  

9781771122283

ISBN 10:   1771122285
Pages:   359
Publication Date:   08 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Rethinking the Role of Translation and Translating in German Studies Diana Spokiene 1. The Task of the Translator: Walter Benjamin's Über-setzen in Cross-Cultural Practice Gisela Brinker-Gabler 2. Reconceptualizing World Literature: A Bilingual Platonic Dialogue Between Literary and Translation Studies Elisabeth Herrmann and Chantal Wright 3. Vegetable Genius and the Loves of the Plants: Botany in German Poetry around 1800 Linda Dietrick 4. Some Thoughts on Translating Eichendorff's Poetry Robert O. Goebel 5. Intertextuality, Gender, and Teaching """"German"""" in English Adrian Del Caro 6. Translating Hedwig Dohm Eva Guenther 7. Translating a Life in Exile: Reflections on Johanna Kinkel Angela Sacher 8. Translating the Third Reich: The Quiet Twin Florentine Strzelczyk 9. Heimat on the Range vs Kosmo Noir: Edgar Wallace, Karl May, and Post-Second-World-War German Cinematic Translations of Anglo-American Popular Culture Markus Reisenleitner 10. Translating Pain: Real to Reel. Memory, Mediation, and (Re)-Mediation in the Films of Sibylle Schönemann Ute Lischke 11. Translating Pina for Pina Carrie Smith-Prei 12. Before Sunrise: A Transmedial Cultural Translation of Vienna Susan Ingram 13. Peter Handke's Immer noch Sturm and the Search for Home and Identity between Cultures Nicole Perry 14. Moving from Transcultural Literature to Literature of Movement in Der Weltensammler by Ilija Trojanow Katelyn Petersen 15. Cultural Mediation in the Global Age: Integrating Translations into Literary Scholarship James M. Skidmore 16. Experiential Education and Acts of Translation Jean Wilson 17. Kissing the Frog: Reframing Translation in the Language Classroom Paul M. Malone and Barbara Schmenk 18. Two-Stage Collaborative Translation in Language Learning and Assessment Caroline L. Rieger 19. What New Music? On Versions of the Translating Self of Study Abroad John L. Plews, Kim Misfeldt, and Feisal Kirumira

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John L. Plews is an associate professor of German at Saint Maryâs University, Nova Scotia. He researches second-language curriculum and international education for language learners and teachers, focusing on lived experience, identity, and voice. He is the co-editor of Interkulturelle Kompetenzen im Fremdsprachenunterricht , German Matters in Popular Culture , and Queering the Canon . Diana Spokiene is an associate professor in German studies at York University. She is also affiliated with the Graduate Program in Humanities, and the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies. Her research and teaching areas are modern German literature, gender and cultural production, inter/cultural studies, and small nations in the context of globalization.

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