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Document Type
Open Access
Degree Program
Comparative Literature
Degree Type
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
January 2007
Month Degree Awarded
September
Keywords
translation studies, queer, postcolonial, gay literature, Brazilian Portuguese, English
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the intricate representations of gay men in Brazilian Portuguese and English, and the complexities translators face when encountering such specificities. It also addresses the issue of translating out of one's native tongue and how not belonging to the receiving culture’s norms enables minority texts not to be so easily assimilated and appropriated by the dominant target language, English.
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Gentzler, Edwin