scholarly journals MAN(NER) AND NATURE: CULTURE AND EXISTENCE IN PAUL BOWLES' "A DISTANT EPISODE"

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (60) ◽  
pp. 2870-2874
Author(s):  
Serap SARIBAŞ
Keyword(s):  
Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Charles Tharaud
Keyword(s):  
Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles on Music (review)

Notes ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-118
Author(s):  
Beth E. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Paul Bowles

scholarly journals Shifting voices: A comparison of two novelists’ translations of a third

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-462
Author(s):  
Eirlys E. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Tahar Ben Jelloun ◽  
Source Text ◽  
English Version ◽  
French Version ◽  
Paul Bowles ◽  
Autobiographical Work ◽  
The Voice ◽  
The Way

Abstract This paper compares the English and French translations of Mohamed Choukri’s autobiographical work originally written in Arabic under the title Al khubs al hafi. The translations are somewhat unusual in that both were published long before the source text became available, and in that they were done by two renowned novelists (Paul Bowles and Tahar Ben Jelloun) while Choukri himself was a completely unknown writer. The comparison reveals many contrasts. The English version favours a fragmentary, often disjointed style, with simple everyday vocabulary and frequent repetition, while the French version uses more sophisticated syntax and more specialised and varied lexis. There are also differences in content; the English version often remains more implicit than the French and yet provides more horrific details, and it frequently opts for foreignization where the French features the strategy of domestication. It is suggested that these contrasts reflect the ways in which the novelists’ own voices have influenced the way in which they express the voice of Choukri.

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