Rewriting Humour in Comic Books
Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book examines comic book adaptations of Aristophanes' plays in order to shed light on how and why humour travels across cultures and time. Forging links between modern languages, translation and the study of comics, it analyses the Greek originals and...
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This book examines comic book adaptations of Aristophanes' plays in order to shed light on how and why humour travels across cultures and time. Forging links between modern languages, translation and the study of comics, it analyses the Greek originals and their English translations and offers a unique, language-led research agenda for cultural flows, and the systematic analysis of textual norms in a multimodal environment. It will appeal to students and scholars of Modern Languages, Translation Studies, Comics Studies, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Rewriting Humour in Comic Books “
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Rewriting.- Chapter 3: Transition to comic book text. A different mode of engagement.- Chapter 4: Towards a poetics of humour.- Chapter 5: Repeated logic offenders: Comic Characters.- Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks.
Autoren-Porträt von Dimitris Asimakoulas
Dimitris Asimakoulas is a Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. His research focuses on humour, minority identities in literature and film, and translation history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Dimitris Asimakoulas
- 2019, 1st ed. 2019, XIX, 189 Seiten, 189 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,4 x 21,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030195260
- ISBN-13: 9783030195267
Sprache:
Englisch
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