An Annotated Translation of Excerpts from Aidan Chambers' Novel Dance on My Grave with an Introduction to the Author¨s Style and the Development of the Young Adult Genre

This thesis presents an annotated translation of excerpts from the metafictional novel Dance on My Grave by British author Aidan Chambers. The first theoretical chapters of this thesis introduce the novel, the background of the development of the young adult genre, and the author and his style. This is followed by the translation of pre-selected excerpts. The translation process is then described in the commentary that focuses on the main translation problems that arose during the translation, particularly the translation of puns and wordplay and intertextual references. Key words: annotated translation, Aidan Chambers, Dance on My Grave, young adult literature, metafiction, puns and wordplay, intertextuality