Second call for papers

[Lygo, Emily]

Second call for papers:

Pushkin’s Post-horses. 
A Conference on Literary Translation in Russian Culture
14–15 April 2008 at the University of Exeter, Devon, UK

In 1830 Pushkin described literary translators as the ‘post-horses of enlightenment’ – an image of unacknowledged toilers in the service of bringing to Russia education and culture from the rest of the world. Translation has consistently provided a channel for the introduction to Russia of new ideas and trends in literature and the arts. In Russia, translators have pursued their profession for myriad reasons: from a belief in the transformation and westernisation of Russian culture, to an avoidance of the overtly political agenda of Soviet literary publishing, to the market incentives provided by translating potboilers and pulp fiction in post-Soviet Russia. This conference will examine the position and significance of translation and translators across Russian and Soviet history. Topics might concern but are not confined to the following areas:

The impact of translation on Russian literature in any period
The politics of translation within Russia and/or the USSR 
Theories of translation in Russia
Translation and censorship	
Translation from a particular language or region into Russian
Individual translators’ lives and work

Speakers include Vsevolod Bagno (Pushkinskii Dom, St Petersburg), Andrew Kahn (St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford), Elena Zemskova (RGGU, Moscow), Katharine Hodgson (University of Exeter), Stanislav Savitskii (European University, St Petersburg)


All enquiries or abstracts should be addressed to Emily Lygo (E.F.Lygo at ex.ac.uk) no later than 1st October 2007

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