To Translate or Not to Translate? 19th Century Ottoman Communities and Fiction.
In the 19th century, Turcophone communities of the Ottoman Empire displayed a keen interest in European fiction. This study questions whether translating European works was simply linguistic substitution or rather had intrinsic dimensions such as cultural appropriation. It also investigates the reci...
| Publicado en: | Welt des Islams Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 187 - 223 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2016
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