Gayatri Spivak Bio *my comments Born in Calcutta, India Ph.D. in Comparative Literature concerned with literary theory/feminist critic/ translated and introduction of Jacques Derrida’s De la grammatologie The Politics of Translation language as the process of meaning construction language as … Continue reading
Tyler Candelora
ST: Susan Orlean’s nonfiction book, The Orchid Thief & the life of Susan Orlean TT: the script for the movie of The Orchid Theif & the life of Charlie Kaufmann They are intertwined throughout the story by the narratives of both Susan Orlean … Continue reading
Colonization and Resistance *my comments Postcolonial Theory Applied to Third World Countries all countries that were colonized in some way For China, it has not been colonized in the past century, however there were cities like Hong Kong (Britain) and … Continue reading
Adaptation *my comments a more constrained mode of translation known as “parasitic” on historical concepts of translation Adaptation and translation divide Cicero and Horace “and you will not render word-for-word [like a] faithful translator” Golden age of Adaptation 17 &18 … Continue reading