Las primeras traducciones al catalán y al español de La Princesse de Clèves (1678). Un clásico francés que abre paso a la novela moderna

This study examines the cultural, historical and political context of the genesis of the two twentieth-century translations – the first into Catalan and the first into Spanish – of the classic seventeenth-century work of French préciosité by Madame de La Fayette. The Catalan text (1923) coincides wi...

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Published inTRANS no. 20; p. 41
Main Author Eusebi Coromina Pou
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Malaga UMA Editorial, Universidad de Málaga 01.01.2016
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Catalan language
French language
Literary translation
Novels
Spanish language
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Summary:This study examines the cultural, historical and political context of the genesis of the two twentieth-century translations – the first into Catalan and the first into Spanish – of the classic seventeenth-century work of French préciosité by Madame de La Fayette. The Catalan text (1923) coincides with the Noucentista movement, which in the framework of the Commonwealth of Catalonia fostered innovation in literature and language, particularly in the translation of worldwide literature into Catalan. The Spanish translation (1924) stems from interest in creating a publishing industry – Calpe, El Sol, La Papelera Española – capable of disseminating a secular ideological current, while at the same time offering a wide-ranging selection of thought and aesthetics in literature. Further, this study includes a comparative analysis of the two translations and explores the two translators of a work regarded as the harbinger of the modern French novel.
ISSN:1137-2311