Rewriting Humour in Comic Books
Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations
Authors: Asimakoulas, Dimitris
Free Preview- Proposes a unique, language-led research agenda for cultural flows
- Examines the transferral of humour across cultures and time
- Foregrounds the emerging study of comic books and graphic novels
- Challenges textual norms and the hierarchy of cultural flows
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-6
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Rewriting
Pages 7-53
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Transition to Comic Book Text: A Different Mode of Engagement
Pages 55-76
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Poetics of Humour and Translation
Pages 77-124
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Repeated Logic Offenders: Comic Characters
Pages 125-175
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Rewriting Humour in Comic Books
- Book Subtitle
- Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations
- Authors
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- Dimitris Asimakoulas
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-19527-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-19527-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-19526-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 189
- Number of Illustrations
- 77 illustrations in colour
- Topics
