Translation, interpretation, fan fiction: A continuum of meaning production

Authors

  • Shannon K. Farley University of Massachusetts Amherst

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0517

Keywords:

Rosemary Arrojo, Maria Tymoczko

Abstract

By using the arguments of Maria Tymoczko to enlarge the definition of translation and of Rosemary Arrojo to draw a parallel between the struggle between author and translator and creator and fic writer, I argue that translation studies is a fruitful way to theorize fan fiction and other transformative fan works.

Author Biography

Shannon K. Farley, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Shannon Farley is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has a BA in History and Classics from Williams College, and translated Euripides' Bakkhai as her Masters thesis in Comparative Literature at UMass. Her dissertation is a history of rewriting, from translations of Homer to new media and fanfiction.

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Published

2013-09-15

Issue

Vol. 14 (2013)

Section

Symposium

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