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In:Literary Translation in Periodicals: Methodological challenges for a transnational approach
Edited by Laura Fólica, Diana Roig-Sanz and Stefania Caristia
[Benjamins Translation Library 155] 2020
► pp. 69–92

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Chapter 3
Literary journals and book series as agents of consecration

Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka in the Italian literary field (1908–1938)

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Published online: 10 December 2020
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Abstract
If “texts circulate without their contexts” (Bourdieu 1999), how can a translated author acquire symbolic capital in a new literary field? A very significant agent of consecration can be found in literary journals and book series that, according to their own position in the field of reception, may have an interest in including some foreign authors in their repertoire, so sharing and potentially increasing their respective symbolic capitals. By discussing the case of Thomas Mann’s and Franz Kafka’s Italian trajectories and the development of the Italian literary field in the first decades of the 20th century, this paper proposes a new theoretical perspective on the relationship between translated literature and national literary history, based on the experience of the research project LTit (www​.ltit​.it).
Article outline
  • Translated literature and national literary history: A theoretical perspective
  • Thomas Mann’s trajectory in the Italian literary field (1908–1929)
  • A sketch of the Italian literary field (1900–1930)
  • Thomas Mann’s trajectory in the Italian literary field (1930–1938)
  • Franz Kafka’s trajectory in the Italian literary field (1927–1938)
  • Short remarks on methodology
  • Notes
  • References
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