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Gleanings in French Fields: A Formal Approach to the Translation of French Poetry

Armstrong, Robert A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587646850156205

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2020, Artium Baccalaureus (AB), Ohio University, French.
Translation is likely as old as human language itself. From its ancient origins (Horace, Jerome, the Babel narrative) to the present day, writers and theorists have held changing and often contradictory views on the goals and values of translation. One important distinction is between approaches to translation that try to make the foreign text seem domestic, and those that try to preserve the foreign elements of a text even in a new language. In my thesis, I present the case for preserving foreign verse forms when poetry is translated into English, and provide a method for doing so in French-to-English translation. Also included are a brief theoretical history of translation, and a study in the historical practice of poetic translation. Finally, I provide a series of 32 translated poems by a representative selection of prominent poets from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
Christopher Coski, PhD (Advisor)
233 p.
Comparative Literature; European History; Foreign Language; Language; Literature; Modern Language; Modern Literature; Romance Literature
Translation; poetry; poem; French; English; formalism; versification; Labe; Du Bellay; Ronsard; La Fontaine; Lattaignant; Chenier; Hugo; Nerval; Gautier; Leconte de Lisle; Baudelaire; Mallarme; Verlaine; Rimbaud

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  • Armstrong, R. A. (2020). Gleanings in French Fields: A Formal Approach to the Translation of French Poetry [Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587646850156205

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Armstrong, Robert. Gleanings in French Fields: A Formal Approach to the Translation of French Poetry. 2020. Ohio University, Electronic thesis or dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587646850156205.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Armstrong, Robert. "Gleanings in French Fields: A Formal Approach to the Translation of French Poetry." Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587646850156205

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