[CFP] ARTIS@NOTTINGHAM2018 VERBAL AND VISUAL PARATEXTS IN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES

Verbal and visual paratexts in translation and interpreting studies

University of Nottingham, UK

12 September 2018

Broadly understood as the thresholds through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have been shown to play a crucial role in the reception and interpretation of texts. While Gérard Genette’s original theorisation of paratexts took place in the context of literary print culture, in recent years the concept has been fruitfully applied to digital contexts and other kinds of texts, notably film, television and video games. The types of paratexts studied in these contexts are many and varied; examples include trailers, game strategy guides, e-reading devices, discussion forums, spoilers and fan-vids. In translation studies, research has tended to focus on the paratexts of printed translation products, such as book covers, translators’ prefaces and translators’ footnotes, but there is considerable scope for applying the concept to research in digital and audiovisual translation studies. The notion of the paratext is also potentially relevant to research into interpreting, where it might be used to investigate prosodic variation, body language, or other framing devices.

This ARTIS event invites contributions from PhD students and established researchers that consider the relevance of the notion of the paratext to a broad spectrum of translation studies research. The event is timed to coincide with the publication of Translation and Paratexts (Translation Theories Explored, Routledge, forthcoming July 2018), and will include keynote lectures by Dr Kathryn Batchelor (paratextual theory) and Dr Lara Pucci (analysing visual material).

Prospective participants are invited to send a 200-word abstract to kathryn.batchelor@nottingham.ac.uk by 12 June 2018.

 

ARTIS@Nottingham2018

Verbal and visual paratexts in translation and interpreting studies University of Nottingham, UK 12 September 2018 Broadly understood as the thresholds through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have been shown to play a crucial role in the reception and interpretation of texts. While Gérard Genette’s original theorisation of paratexts took place in the…