TY - JOUR
TI - No Sleeping Beauty without Thorns: Translating Fairy Tales. A Model for Comparative Analysis
AU - Van Coillie, Jan
TI - No Sleeping Beauty without Thorns: Translating Fairy Tales. A Model for Comparative Analysis
AB - 
	Few stories have been translated so often and into so many languages as the classical fairy tales. As such, they are a true challenge for translation studies. This article proposes a methodology for investigating fairy tales in translation. The suggested method is essentially a comparative textual analysis, inspired by translation studies, literary theory, linguistic criticism and discourse analysis. It can be applied to the synchronic research of fairy tale translations within a restricted period as well as to the diachronic research of translations of one or more fairy tales over a longer period of time. A step-by-step model is presented, which makes it possible to classify and analyse changes in translations as well as adaptations. In order to bridge the gap between content and linguistic levels, a linguistic analysis is linked to focal points, grouped under categories from literary studies. The examples come from six recent Dutch translations of Sleeping Beauty, published between 1995 and 2007. In the final part of this study, a scheme is offered for the interpretation of the changes brought to light by the analysis. It takes into account individual as well as social factors and it is based on the concepts of norms, systems and functions. Such a structured method of analysis is hoped to offer new possibilities for the study of fairy tales in translation.
VL - Numery anglojęzyczne
IS - Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales
PY - 2013
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 7
EP - 32
DO - 10.4467/16891864ePC.13.001.0855
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przekladaniec/artykul/no-sleeping-beauty-without-thorns-translating-fairy-tales-a-model-for-comparative-analysis
KW - children’s literature
KW - fairy tale
KW - translation
KW - linguistic criticism
KW - norms
KW - Dutch