Intertextuality and translation : a relevance-theoretic approach

Almazan Garcia, EM

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between intertextuality and translation
with the aim of aiding the translator make more theoretically enlightened
decisions in this area of special difficulty.
The critical review of the literature on translation and intertextuality
provided in Part I reveals that none of the approaches is able to provide an
explanatory account of the relationship between them, as they are based on
deficient, and sometimes contradictory, accounts of the concept of
intertextuality itself.
In Part II it is shown how Sperber and Wilson's (1986/1995) relevancetheoretic
approach to cognition and communication provides answers to the
problems raised in Part I. A relevance-theoretic analysis of intertextuality is
developed, based on the notions of metarepresentation and interpretive use. It
is shown how, together with the relevance-theoretic account of translation
proposed by Gutt (1991/2000), this analysis is able to provide a more adequate
theoretical foundation for the resolution of practical translation problems.

• Thesis Type: Dissertation
• Deposit Date: Jun 24, 2021
• Additional Information: Funders : Barrie Foundation;British Council
• Award Date: Jan 1, 2002