Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage

This chapter focuses on two performable English retranslations of the Spanish classic Fuente Ovejuna (which premiered on British stages in 1936): Allan Sillitoe and Ruth Fainlight’s All Citizens Are Soldiers (1967), and April De Angelis’s The Village (2018). It analyses the reception of Lope de Vega...

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Autor: Braga Riera, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Literatura española e hispanoamericana
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spelling Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British StageBraga Riera, JorgeLiteratura española e hispanoamericana6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica LiterariasThis chapter focuses on two performable English retranslations of the Spanish classic Fuente Ovejuna (which premiered on British stages in 1936): Allan Sillitoe and Ruth Fainlight’s All Citizens Are Soldiers (1967), and April De Angelis’s The Village (2018). It analyses the reception of Lope de Vega’s Golden Age classic at two temporally distant socio-political periods, and examines how one of its key themes, the revolt by the masses against subjugation, is portrayed in each case. A textual and paratextual examination of these English retranslations shows substantial alterations provoked by the source play’s relocation across spatial and temporal boundaries. The conclusions reveal the extent to which these two productions can be regarded as relevant at a particular time in the British theatrical culture, drawing particular attention to the need to re-evaluate the concept of ‘retranslation’ in dramatic literature.BrillCadera, Susanne MWalsh, Andrew SamuelUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20222022-01-0120222022-01-01book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116443reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1164432026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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title Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
spellingShingle Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
Braga Riera, Jorge
Literatura española e hispanoamericana
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
title_short Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
title_full Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
title_fullStr Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
title_full_unstemmed Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
title_sort Drama Retranslation in Distinct Socio-Political Contexts: Accommodating Lope De Vega’s "Fuente Ovejuna" for the British Stage
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Walsh, Andrew Samuel
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
topic Literatura española e hispanoamericana
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
description This chapter focuses on two performable English retranslations of the Spanish classic Fuente Ovejuna (which premiered on British stages in 1936): Allan Sillitoe and Ruth Fainlight’s All Citizens Are Soldiers (1967), and April De Angelis’s The Village (2018). It analyses the reception of Lope de Vega’s Golden Age classic at two temporally distant socio-political periods, and examines how one of its key themes, the revolt by the masses against subjugation, is portrayed in each case. A textual and paratextual examination of these English retranslations shows substantial alterations provoked by the source play’s relocation across spatial and temporal boundaries. The conclusions reveal the extent to which these two productions can be regarded as relevant at a particular time in the British theatrical culture, drawing particular attention to the need to re-evaluate the concept of ‘retranslation’ in dramatic literature.
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