Dissidence in seven Romanian alternative translations of The Great Gatsby
Abstract
The present article investigates instances of intertextuality in retranslation, especially cases of dissidence, namely situations in which a choice in a retranslated text differs from the obvious choices employed in previous versions of the same source text. By analysing a translational series that is made up of seven target texts, the article argues that filiation (strategic similarities in retranslation) is much easier to prove than dissidence and that a correlation between textual analysis and the study of paratexts remains the effective method of illuminating the process of retranslation.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Translation Studies and Practices
Comparative and World Literature
Shakespeare
Adaptation
and Literary Criticism
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov Series IV Philology and Cultural Studies
- Pages
- 129–142
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN