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Women in contemporary English drama translation: enhancement and downplay mechanisms to portray Golden Age damas

2011

In the last two decades British and American drama translators have shown a growing interest in the Spanish classics, resulting in English versions exclusively intended for the stage. Within this particular context, this paper is intended to provide a general view on how a motif present in the source texts, i.e. the role of women, is transferred into the target plays. A close analysis of the translated works reveals how women’s acts can be enhanced or downplayed in order to accommodate them to the recipient culture. Hence, political correctness, reaction to male domination, moral squeamishness and honour emerge as important elements to be taken into account. Conclusions will ultimately prov…

Linguistics and LanguageMujermedia_common.quotation_subjectLanguage and LinguisticsPolitical correctnessEducationMotif (narrative)WomanEstudios de traducción dramática; Mujer; Sexualidad; Potenciación; MinimizaciónDrama translation studiesDownplaymedicineDrama translation studies; Woman; Sexuality; Enhancement; DownplaySexualidadmedia_commonLiteratureUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRASEnhancementPotenciaciónbusiness.industryTraducción e InterpretaciónTraducció--RevistesArtSqueamishnessSpanish Golden AgeHonourEstudios de traducción dramáticaAestheticsMinimización:CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRAS [UNESCO]Mujeres traductoras del Coranmedicine.symptombusinessSexualityDramaMonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación
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Political Correctness and Academic Principles: A Reply to Simpson

1997

The author discusses Christopher Simpson's (1996) article, ‘Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's ‘Spiral of Silence’ and the Historical Context of Communication Theory.’ He questions the relevance of biographical data for the evaluation of scientific theories and methods, and analyzes the rhetorical structure of Simpson's arguments. He concludes that Simpson's claims about the influence of Noelle's biography on her scholarly work are not grounded in evidence.

Structure (mathematical logic)Linguistics and LanguageSpiral of silenceCommunicationBiographyContext (language use)Scientific theoryLanguage and LinguisticsPolitical correctnessEpistemologyLawRhetorical questionRelevance (law)SociologyJournal of Communication
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A Practical Joke in Public Sphere – a Polish Case Study

2017

The aim of the paper is to show multiple layers of discourse and the consequences of a particular practical joke that has been played at a local public event and has become a theme for media coverage nationwide. Students in one of Polish high schools brought a goat as a present to their headmaster and handed it in during their commencement ceremony. Some event participants reported it to the Animal Welfare Society claiming that the goat was mistreated. It seemed that it was not eager to be led on a leash and it urinated, which was interpreted as a sign of discomfort and stress. The story became a headline first in the local and then in the national press and television, and was accompanied …

humormediapolitical correctnessanimaldiscourseSTYLES OF COMMUNICATION
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