Between Language and RealityTranslation in Ramon Saizarbitoria’s Martutene

  1. Jon Kortazar 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Revista:
Rassegna iberistica

ISSN: 0392-4777

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 120

Páginas: 295-309

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.30687/RI/2037-6588/2023/21/008 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Rassegna iberistica

Resumen

The mistrust of the possibilities of language to represent reality is among the main features of the narrative work by the Basque author Ramon Saizarbitoria. This mistrust is brought out by the wavering narration and the employ of an unreliable narrator, as well as by the author’s reflections on translation. This article will review the theoretical positions that Saizarbitoria has maintained and expressed in books and interviews: starting from the idea of translating developed in his own work, he offers a rich speculation about the function of translation in the Basque literary system. In addition, the author’s ideas about translation that appear in his novel Martutene (2012) will be analysed, namely embodied in the character Julia.

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