| ISBN: | 9781496205131 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2019 |
| Author: | Lawrence Venuti |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Provocations |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of language Translation and interpretation Literary studies: general Topics in philosophy |
Contra Instrumentalism questions the long-accepted notion that translation reproduces or transfers an invariant contained in or caused by the source text. This "instrumental" model of translation has dominated translation theory and commentary for more than two millennia, and its influence can be seen today in elite and popular cultures, in academic institutions and in publishing, in scholarly monographs and in literary journalism, in the most rarefied theoretical discourses and in the most commonly used clichÉs.Contra Instrumentalism aims to end the dominance of instrumentalism by showing how it grossly oversimplifies translation practice and fosters an illusion of immediate access to source texts.
Contra Instrumentalism features in the following genres: Philosophy of language, Translation and interpretation, Literary studies: general, Topics in philosophy
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Contra Instrumentalism was written by Lawrence Venuti and published by University of Nebraska Press
Contra Instrumentalism has 216 pages
Yes it is part of Provocations series
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