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A Polish History of Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Publication date: 04.03.2013

Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 57-75

https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864ePC.13.003.0857

Authors

Eliza Pieciul-Karmińska
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-9873 Orcid
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Magdalena Buchta

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A Polish History of Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Abstract

The article discusses difficulties with translating Grimms’ fairy tales into Polish. The first part describes the specific features of the original text and presents Bruno Bettelheim’s conclusions about “the meaning and importance of fairy tales.” The second part reviews the existing Polish translations. The third part discusses the main goals of a new Polish translation. The conclusion stresses that the new Polish translation should be addressed to a double audience (both children and adults), as is the case with the original Kinder- und Hausmärchen.

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Brüder Grimm. 1996. Kinder- und Hausmärchen (nach der Großen Ausgabe von 1857 textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen. Herausgegeben von Hans-Jörg Uther). München: Diederichs.

Grimm, J. and W. 1985. Baśnie [Fairy Tales]. Trans. M. Tarnowski, selected by S. Wortman. Warszawa: Nasza Księgarnia.

Grimm, J. and W. 1989. Baśnie braci Grimm (Baśnie domowe i dziecięce zebrane przez braci Grimm) [Grimms’ Fairy Tales (Household and Children’s Tales Collected by the Brothers Grimm)]. Trans. E. Bielicka and M. Tarnowski. Warszawa: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza.

Grimm, J. and W. 1995. Baśnie [Fairy Tales]. Trans. I. Tuwim. Wrocław: Siedmioróg.

Grimm, J. and W. 1998. Baśnie [Fairy Tales]. Based on translation by E. Jezierski and Z. Kowerska (Kolorowy Świat Lektur). Warszawa: PWW.

Grimm, J. and W. 1999. Baśnie braci Grimm [Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm]. Trans. Z. A. Kowerska. Warszawa: RTW. [no pagination]

Grimm, J. and W. 2009. Baśnie braci Grimm [Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm]. Trans. E. Pieciul-Karmińska. Poznań: Media Rodzina.

Grimm, J. and W. 2010. Baśnie dla dzieci i dla domu [Children and Household Tales]. Trans. E. Pieciul-Karmińska. Poznań: Media Rodzina.

Grimm, J. and W. Undated. “Preface to the Second Edition of the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1819).” Trans. Jonathan Skolnik. GHDI: German History in Documents and Images, Volume 3. From Vormärz to Prussian Dominance, 1815-1866. http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_document.cfm?document_id=348

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Information: Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 57-75

Article type: Original scientific article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-9873

Eliza Pieciul-Karmińska
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-9873 Orcid
Contact with author
All publications →

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Poland
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Published at: 04.03.2013

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