A hard translation: The "Rebentado" word in José María Arguedas’ writing
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v0i12p226-251Keywords:
mimesis, translation, metaphor, borderline, figure.Abstract
The present paper examines the oblique and deviating forms for meaning in the novel Zorros by José María Arguedas. In order to do so, we analyze the dialogue between two characters in one of the chapters. Our perspective considers the function metaphor can assume in a narrative text. Paul Ricoeur’s study on metaphor supports this reflection, as well as Walter Benjamin’s understanding of the translation as “languages plenitude”. It is also relevant the idea of translation as a way of restoring a bond. From our perspective, this wish for an expression that could dispense with mediations organizes the referred chapter. We aim to demonstrate that the effort for creating a ground through language counterbalances the obvious failure of this enterprise.
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