Two Czech translations of Jack Kerouac's On the Road: a study on translating “written orality” in first-person narrative – Bc. Denisa Šmejkalová
Bc. Denisa Šmejkalová
Master's thesis
Two Czech translations of Jack Kerouac's On the Road: a study on translating “written orality” in first-person narrative
Two Czech translations of Jack Kerouac's On the Road: a study on translating “written orality” in first-person narrative
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce srovnává dva české překlady Kerouakova románu Na cestě z hlediska úrovně jejich spisovnosti či nespisovnosti. On the Road je příkladem vyprávění v ich formě, které se vyznačuje tím, že všechny promluvy, z nichž se skládá, jsou do určité míry nápodobou mluvené řeči. Překlad tohoto typu literárního díla je obecně spojen s problémy, které plynou ze střetu mluvenosti a psanosti ve …moreAbstract:
This thesis compares two Czech translations of Jack Kerouacʼs novel On the Road with the focus on the level of their standardness/substandardness. On the Road represents first-person narrative and as such it is informed by various types of discourse, all of which are, to a certain extent, an imitation of speech. The process of translating this type of literary work generally involves difficulties, …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 10. 6. 2013
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/pka5c/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2013
- Supervisor: Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Renata Kamenická, Ph.D.
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ŠMEJKALOVÁ, Denisa. \textit{Two Czech translations of Jack Kerouac's On the Road: a study on translating “written orality” in first-person narrative}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2013. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/ri383s/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature