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Translation and Ekphrasis: Dante and the visual arts

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Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)
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Ekphrasis finds words for paintings and other visual phenomena; translation finds words for other words. But how secure in this distinction, given that language has visual form, and that the visual arts can employ language-like elements?
This seminar explores the interplay between translation and ekphrasis.

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Series
Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)
People
Robin Kirkpatrick
Jas Elsner
Matthew Reynolds
Andrew Klevan
Keywords
translation
ekphrasis
Dante
painting
visuality
Department: St Anne's College
Date Added: 24/02/2015
Duration: 01:53:55

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