Authors and Translators. Polish Transfictions

Research on transfiction – and “rethinking translation through literature”, as Rosemary Arrojo puts it – is a considerable novelty in Polish translation studies, especially in its diachronic and sociocultural aspect. The “fictional turn” in TS has not yet made itself felt very clearly in Polish literature. Yet, convinced that literary fiction thematising translation as a process and a product is an interesting reflection – and distortion – of a translator’s status and of the official translation studies discourse, the author focuses on two contemporary Polish literary texts on translation: Skrzydło sowy (1967) by Zofia Chądzyńska and Sara – Irena – Elżbieta (2020) by Elżbieta Tabakowska

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