Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches

Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches

This article on my proposal of an annotated translation of Stephen Leacock’s comic novel Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) comprises the scrutiny of a rather non-hegemonic and overlooked discursive literary channel: humour. My analysis of the novel and reflection upon some of the excerpts t...

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Main Author: Davi Silva Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2020-09-01
Series:Cadernos de Tradução
Subjects:
Stephen Leacock
Sunshine sketches of a little town
Humour
Translation
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/71997
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spelling doaj-7354795a99e74028847322b5b48f96812021-02-25T18:11:37ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaCadernos de Tradução1414-526X2175-79682020-09-0140310.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n3p187Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketchesDavi Silva Gonçalves0Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste do Paraná, Irati, Paraná, This article on my proposal of an annotated translation of Stephen Leacock’s comic novel Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) comprises the scrutiny of a rather non-hegemonic and overlooked discursive literary channel: humour. My analysis of the novel and reflection upon some of the excerpts translated elaborate upon the role of the translator as an active agent for the diffusion of epistemologies that deviate from normativity – highlighting how the translation of comic effects contribute to the dissemination of such deviation in time and space. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/71997Stephen LeacockSunshine sketches of a little townHumourTranslation
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Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
Cadernos de Tradução
Stephen Leacock
Sunshine sketches of a little town
Humour
Translation
author_facet Davi Silva Gonçalves
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title Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
title_short Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
title_full Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
title_fullStr Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
title_full_unstemmed Humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from Stephen Leacock’s sunshine sketches
title_sort humorous expression reenacted in translation: the recreation of three characters from stephen leacock’s sunshine sketches
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Cadernos de Tradução
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description This article on my proposal of an annotated translation of Stephen Leacock’s comic novel Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) comprises the scrutiny of a rather non-hegemonic and overlooked discursive literary channel: humour. My analysis of the novel and reflection upon some of the excerpts translated elaborate upon the role of the translator as an active agent for the diffusion of epistemologies that deviate from normativity – highlighting how the translation of comic effects contribute to the dissemination of such deviation in time and space.
topic Stephen Leacock
Sunshine sketches of a little town
Humour
Translation
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