All Outputs (3)

Saro-Wiwa’s language of dissent : translating between African Englishes (2018)
Journal Article
Kendall, J. (2018). Saro-Wiwa’s language of dissent : translating between African Englishes. Translation and Literature, 27(1), 25-52. https://doi.org/10.3366/tal.2018.0320

This article calls attention to the essential translational aspect of linguistic experimentation in literary uses of African Englishes in colonial and postcolonial West African literature. It focuses mainly on the literature of the most linguisticall... Read More about Saro-Wiwa’s language of dissent : translating between African Englishes.

The grounds of Tolkien, unmappable, unbookable (2018)
Journal Article
Kendall, J. (2018). The grounds of Tolkien, unmappable, unbookable. Writing in Practice: the journal of creative writing research, 4,

As Tolkien himself asserted, his creative writing processes were fundamentally linguistic. They were driven by his private invented languages, by the names in those languages, and by linguistic aesthetics. To a great extent, the purpose of his creati... Read More about The grounds of Tolkien, unmappable, unbookable.

Translating poetic form and device (2018)
Journal Article
Kendall, J. (2018). Translating poetic form and device

An examination of translation of poetic form across languages with a specific focus on Japanesr and English haiku and on the Old English Riddle. The article includes references to Bill Griffiths' modern alliterative English haiku, the Old English roo... Read More about Translating poetic form and device.