shtirlits again

[Nina Shevchuk]

Dear Seelang'ers:
  I am writing a paper on translatability of humor (or lack thereof) and, inevitably, I ended up discussing Shtirlitz jokes. A while ago on this listserv there was a reference to these jokes and possible plans of making a website dedicated to them. If Dr. Allison, the author of the post, is still interested, perhaps we could discuss this topic off list? Also, is there a good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there? In English or Russian? Connected to the topic of humor translation I found a curious article: 
  Christina Marinetti, "The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy", New Voices in Translation Studies 1 (2005).
   
  Best regards,
  Nina Shevchuk-Murray

 
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