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Autofiction as a fictional metaphorical self-translation : the case of Reinaldo Arenas’ El color del verano
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Panichelli-Batalla, Stéphanie (2015) Autofiction as a fictional metaphorical self-translation : the case of Reinaldo Arenas’ El color del verano. Journal of Romance Studies, 15 (1). pp. 29-53. doi:10.3828/jrs.15.1.29 ISSN 1473-3536.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3828/jrs.15.1.29
Abstract
In the past thirty years, autofiction has been at the centre of many literary studies (Alberca 2005/6, 2007; Colonna 1989, 2004; Gasparini 2004; Genette 1982), although only recently in Hispanic literary studies. Despite its many common characteristics with self-translation, no interdisciplinary perspective has ever been offered by academic researchers in Literary nor in Translation Studies. This article analyses how the Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas uses specific methods inherent to autofiction, such as nominal and personal identity exploitation, among others, to translate himself metaphorically into his novel El color del verano [The Colour of Summer]. Analysing this novel by drawing on the theory of self-translation sheds light on the intrinsic and extraneous motives behind the writer’s decision to use this specific literary genre, as well as the benefits presented to the reader who gains access to the ‘interliminal space’of the writer’s work as a whole.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Romance Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Berghahn Books Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1473-3536 | ||||
Official Date: | 2015 | ||||
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Volume: | 15 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 29-53 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3828/jrs.15.1.29 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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