‘Censorable’ Structures in W. S. Maugham's Novels -
Linguistic and Cultural Elements
‘Censorable’ Structures in W. S. Maugham's Novels - Linguistic and Cultural Elements
Author(s): Ana-Maria PâcleanuSubject(s): Romanian Literature, Politics and communication, Sociology of Culture, History of Communism, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: censorship; communism; literature; Maugham; target texts;
Summary/Abstract: Communist censorship stigmatised the Romanian cultural life in general, literature in particular. Rejecting and banning anything related to fascism, mysticism, chauvinism, religion, anything demoralising or sentimental, confusion causing or hostile to the regime was common practice. W. S. Maugham’s novels contain many of the historic, cultural and social elements the regime intended to keep people away from. Therefore, some of the translations of his novels (into Romanian) were banned and other versions were published later. The Razor’s Edge and The Painted Veil are two of the censored novels and the present paper deals with these aforementioned aspects from the linguistic point of view, by considering also the translation issues.
Journal: Cultural Intertexts
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: 01+02
- Page Range: 353-363
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
