A CONTRASTIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF HOW RABASSA, STALBOY, AND NURALI QOBUL HANDLE KEY MAGICAL EVENTS IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE USING FACTUAL OR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

This thesis presents a contrastive stylistic analysis of three major translations of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's seminal magical realist novel, Cien años de soledad, focusing specifically on how core instances of the fantastic are rendered. The study compares the highly acclaimed English translation by Gregory Rabassa, the standard Russian translation by Valeriy Stalboy, and the significant Uzbek translation by Nurali Qobul (and collaborators). The central hypothesis is that the effectiveness of translating Magical Realism hinges on preserving the "unastonished tone" the unique stylistic quality where extraordinary events are reported with factual, declarative prose. This study investigates the degree to which each translator employs factual (literal/unadorned) language versus figurative (metaphorical/interpretive) language when translating three key magical events: Remedios the Beauty’s Ascension (the literalization of spiritual purity). The Insomnia Plague (the literalization of social and existential memory loss). Jose Arcadio's Trail of Blood (the literalization of connection and fate).