Between Two Worlds
Slovak Language and American Identity inOut of This Furnace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Sabatos (0000-0002-4166-9320, Yeditepe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74-88 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1477570012z.00000000033 |
| OpenAlex | W2095430286 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Thomas Bell’s 1941 novel Out of This Furnace, a fictionalized account of his family’s immigration from eastern Slovakia to industrial Pittsburgh, is a significant example of the use of ‘mixed languages’ in ethnic American literature. It was translated from English into Slovak in 1949 as Dva svety (Two Worlds). The novel has bridged the gap between Slovak and American culture in the three ways explored here: Bell’s use of Slovak dialect, the Slovak translation, and two dramatic adaptations from the 1970s (an American play and a Slovak televised film). This case illuminates the complex relationship between ethnic American writers and their lands of origin, particularly in the case of less commonly spoken languages
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Czech · Ethnic group · Immigration · Linguistics · Melting pot · Slovak · Sociology · Anthropology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Cultural and National Identity · History · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |