Postcolonial literary heteroglossia
A challenge for homogenizing translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12184282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul F Bandia (0000-0001-9249-3620, Concordia University, corresponding author), Paul Bandia |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 419-431 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0907676x.2012.726233 |
| OpenAlex | W2064361437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 7 |
Postcolonial translation studies, has for the most part, been centered on the strategies employed by postcolonial subjects to subvert language, thus fashioning a counter-hegemonic anti-colonialist discourse. Research in this subfield of translation studies has closely followed trends in postcolonial studies which have been largely defined in terms of a dichotomous framework based on an oppositional discourse, pitting the West against the East, the colonized against the colonizer, the Global South versus the Global North, etc. Although this approach has enhanced knowledge in the area of multilingualism and the sociolinguistics of power relations, it has often overlooked those linguistic and cultural practices in the postcolony that are fairly autonomous and not subordinate to relations with the colonial métropole. This essay highlights the heterogeneity of language practice in the postcolony and the challenge it poses for normative translation theory, which often assumes a transfer or exchange between stable or monolithic linguistic or cultural entities. Early postcolonial literature featured a colonial language that could lend itself easily to monolingual translation practices, despite its local specificities. Today, we are dealing with a decidedly heterolingual literature, where several languages or language varieties interact, defying traditional monolingual translation principles and the enthnocentrism prevalent in homogenizing translation
Colonialism · Cultural translation · Epistemology · Foregrounding · Hegemony · Heteroglossia · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Normative · Political science · Politics · Postcolonial literature · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Translation studies · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Translation Studies and Practices
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |