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“How do I apply narrative theory?”

Socio-narrative theory in translation studies

 | Translation and Interpreting Institute Hamad Bin Khalita University
Published online: 25 February 2013
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Since the publication of Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account (Baker, Mona. 2006. Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account. London: Routledge. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar), there has been a growing interest in applying socio-narrative theory to Translation Studies, with Baker’s ideas extended and applied to several different areas of inquiry. This article gives a brief overview of these projects, and discusses in more depth the example of my own application and development of narrative theory. This includes a revised typology of narratives, the combination of narratological and sociological approaches, an intratextual model of analysis, and a new emphasis on the importance of narrators and temporary narrators in the (re)configuration of narratives. The article ends with a brief discussion on further topics within Translation and Interpreting Studies to which narrative theory might be applied.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 2.Narrative theory and translation studies
    • 3.Applying narrative theory
    • 3.1A typology of narratives
    • 3.2‘Socio-narrative’: Combining narratological and sociological approaches to narrative
    • 3.3An intra-textual model for the analysis of text
    • 3.4Narrators and temporary narrators
  • 4.Conclusions and further possibilities
  • References
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