Tag Archives: Middle East
(1) The Art of Literary Translation, Part 4 of 4; (2) Commentary on Social and Political Considerations in Translation
Richard Bjornson, Serge Gavronsky, André Lefevere, and Suzanne Levine continue their discussion from the previous episode, which concerns how translation often blurs with criticism. They talk about other aspects of literary translations and translators. In the second segment [22:42 ], Shaul … Continue reading
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Tagged Humanities, Literary Translations, Literary Translators, Middle East, Religion
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Feminism, East and West
Leila Ahmed and Herbert Bodman discuss Western notions about women in the Middle East and the Islamic world in the 1980s. Where do these ideas originate and are the perceptions accurate? What is the status of feminism in the Middle … Continue reading
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Iran and the Middle East
With attention to the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran in 1976, Herbert Bodman argues that Wilfred Thesiger’s 1959 travel narrative Arabian Sands–which the Oxford Companion to English Literature calls “a solemn epitaph for traditional Arabia”–is a call … Continue reading