Colloque

Traduction théâtrale : La Cage aux folles in Translation

Tatyana Shestakov

Membre a labase

Tatyana Shestakov

Résumé de la communication

Translation and theatre – these are two cultural phenomena, which have very much in common. Robert Wechsler called translation “performing without a stage”. They both represent two sides of the same creative processes – interpretation and transformation. Translation and theatre, especially when they act together, help minimize the cultural distance, which exists between any two cultures. In my presentation I intend to concentrate on the history of translation and re-translation of a play that has won world-wide fame – La Cage aux folles, which will allow to examine and compare the relationship between the translated text, the target audience, and the final production. I will analyze different versions of La Cage aux folles in the source country – France and two target societies: American and German. Comparing four different versions of the play, I will show how translation or – in some cases – non-translation of the theatre text can become a reflection of the social, political, cultural tendencies of the source and the target societies By discussing and comparing the history of this play in different countries I will also try to answer the question often faced by theatre translators: whom to “serve”: the writer or the audience?

Résumé du colloque

Ce colloque fournira l'occasion aux chercheurs canadiens, québécois et européens éminents, ainsi qu'aux étudiants inscrits aux cycles supérieurs et jeunes chercheurs, d'échanger les idées sur le lien disciplinaire entre la littérature comparée et la traductologie littéraire. Un numéro thématique de ''TTR'' fera état des discussions et aura un effet dynamisant sur les deux disciplines. Soulignons la participation confirmée de L. D'hulst et J. Woodsworth. Appui financier-R. Meylaerts