Albatross Translation Project
Albatross Translation Project
Author(s): Žarka SvirčevSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Serbian Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Library Albatross; translation; Serbian literature; literary repertoire; world literature
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the translation concept of the Library Albatross (1921), the most significant project of today’s canonical Serbian modernists and avant-garde writers. This concept is paradigmatic within the modernist creative tendencies and programs between the two world wars. Although Library published only the translation of Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, the list of announced translations, the paratexts that accompany the Library’s promotional material, and the translation published, allow us to discuss specific translation strategies of Albatross. Albatross translation practice is a template for more comprehensive thinking about poetic innovations of Serbian literature after First World War. Moreover, the Albatross translation platform allows us to consider the concepts of modern / modernism, periphery / center, and world literature in Serbian culture during the twenties.
Journal: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich
- Issue Year: 11/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-19
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English