The Transnational/Translational in Italian Studies

Burdett, Charles; Havely, Nick; Polezzi, Loredana

Abstract

Playing on Apter’s ‘translational transnationalism’ and on the tension between the national and global, this article asks what it means to think translationally and transnationally in the context of Italian studies. The three authors explore both the ‘transnational’ and ‘translational’ by focusing on issues of methodology and shifts in objects of analysis. They present the translation/reception of Dante as a particularly apposite case study in the complex interplay between the two concepts and discuss the questions that the large project, ‘Transnationalizing Modern Languages’ (2014-2017), has sought to address. The relational link between the national and the transnational is explored in ways that challenge antithetical or mutually exclusive perspectives, shoring up their ‘contrapuntal’ tension. By observing the interplay between the national and the transnational/translational, this article explores the negotiation of identity and diversity which underlies all forms of cultural production and/or exchange and which is at the centre of pedagogical practice in Modern Languages.

Citation

Burdett, C., Havely, N., & Polezzi, L. (2020). The Transnational/Translational in Italian Studies. Italian Studies, 75(2), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2020.1744869

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 21, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 21, 2021
• Journal: Italian Studies
• Print ISSN: 0075-1634
• Electronic ISSN: 1748-6181
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 223-236
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2020.1744869
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1302675