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Reimagining Marie de France: Adaptations, Translations, and Fan-Fiction (A Roundtable)

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The Lais of Marie de France have been the subject of a number of translations, adaptations, and even fan-fiction. There are medieval translations like the Old Norse Strengleikar, contemporary adaptations such as Emilie Mercier’s animated short film and Kel McDonald’s graphic novel, and even novels about Marie de France, like Lauren Groff’s Matrix, a sort of fan-fiction that re-imagines the context of Marie’s Lais. This roundtable seeks contributions on any aspect of translating, adapting or re-interpreting Marie de France, using any methodological approach, in order to better define the history and significance of the works of Marie de France.

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CFP Special issue on Translation in and from the Middle Ages (10/31/2022)

CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue on Translation in and from the Middle Ages

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Chris

Source: http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-translation-in-and-from-the-middle-ages/


Medieval Studies is a particularly fruitful field of study, especially in combination with other areas, Translation Studies being no exception. Indeed, the combination of these two areas is of extreme importance, providing a better understanding of medieval texts, as well as a broader understanding of the meaning, value, and consequences of translation within this timeframe. Despite its importance, medieval translation remains poorly researched and promoted in academia. In an effort to fill this gap, submissions are invited for a special issue of the open-access journal, Translation Matters, on the subject of Translation in and from the Middle Ages.

We welcome articles dealing one of the following topics:

The phenomenon of translation during the Middle Ages:

• Theoretical articles exploring the concept of translatio in the Middle Ages, as well as the theory behind the practice of translation in the medieval period
• Case studies dealing with the translation or transmission of different texts, genres or concepts between two or more medieval vernaculars or between Latin (or another lingua franca or lingua sacra) and a vernacular
• Medieval matters and cycles involving translational processes

The translation of medieval texts into contemporary languages:

• Theoretical articles exploring methodologies, strategies and problems of the translation of medieval texts into contemporary languages
• Case studies on the translation of specific texts or concepts
• Contemporary reception and neo-medievalism: theory and practices.

Articles, in English or in Portuguese, should be 6000-8000 words in length, including references and footnotes, and be formatted in accordance with the guidelines given on the journal’s website. Papers should be uploaded onto the site by 31st October 2022. http://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/index.

CFP Many Ghosts of Hamlet (3/15/2022; Spec Issue of Theory and Practice in English Studies Journal )

Many Ghosts of Hamlet

deadline for submissions: March 15, 2022

full name / name of organization: Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University

contact email: thepes@phil.muni.cz

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/01/26/many-ghosts-of-hamlet

Many Ghosts of Hamlet

Special Issue of Theory and Practice in English Studies Journal 11/1 (Spring 2022)

Issue Editor: Anna Mikyšková (Masaryk University)

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play with unprecedented cultural currency and has influenced generations of people from all walks of life. Oceans of ink have been spilled in analyses of Hamlet and its story has been redefined, reshaped and reconceptualized in all ways and languages imaginable. Since new meanings are constantly being assigned to the play, the aim of this issue is to collect recent diverse perspectives on Hamlet’s afterlives, reimaginations and cultural experiences shaped by the story of the Danish prince. We hope to show the variability and relevance of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy and the scope of the cultural influence of the many ghosts of Hamlet.

We welcome articles which address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• Hamlet in performance,
• Hamlet in translation,
• adaptations and appropriations of Hamlet,
• echoes of Hamlet in works of art and popular culture,
• reception of Hamlet in non-Anglophone cultures,
• experiences of theatre professionals with Hamlet,
• Hamlet in modern society and its relevance for current social phenomena,
• Hamlet in education curricula.

Please submit paper proposals of no more than 300 words by 15th March 2022. The deadline for article submission is 30th April 2022, the expected length being between 3,000 and 6,000 words. See our publication guidelines for more information. We also welcome contributions by postgraduate students and early-career researchers.

The proposals are to be sent to thepes@phil.muni.cz.


Last updated February 1, 2022