The role of stereotypes in shaping the polyphonic literary and cultural universe based on the example of the original and Polish translation of Ivo... Cover Image

Rola stereotypu w kształtowaniu polifonicznego uniwersum literackiego i kulturowego na przykładzie oryginału i polskiego przekładu "Mostu na Drinie...
The role of stereotypes in shaping the polyphonic literary and cultural universe based on the example of the original and Polish translation of Ivo...

Author(s): Maciej Czerwiński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Ivo Andrić; translation into Polish; stereotypes in translation; the imaginary aspect of culture

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the question of various stereotypes present in the original and Polish translation (translated by Halina Kalita) of Ivo Andric’s novel "The Bridge on the Drina" is taken into consideration. Since the universe of Andric’s book is located in the extraordinarily complex hybrid borderland of Bosnia, the very transfer of semantic sense into the new language, here: the Polish language must be realized within the adaptation of certain cultural matrixes and linguistic items. In this research article, several questions are analyzed: the lack of similarity between the Bosnian and Polish cultural universes, the apparent equivalence of linguistic items, and the role of various readers who — bearing their own cultural imaginations/ stereotypes — interpret the book in different ways.

  • Issue Year: 4/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-36
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish