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ABSTRACT
Interaction between images and cultural references can make illustrations, and especially book covers, become more than mere supplements to texts. In this study I analyze the topics, paratextual presentations and covers of Korean literature translated into English and published in the USA after the Korean War. I organize topics, discourses and images into four categories of analysis (Modernity, Tradition, Religion and Struggle) and I look into the relations between the four. I aim to discern, first, the main image presented of Korea in this corpus of publications. Second, I want to uncover to what extent these three categories, which may correspond to the three stages of the creation of a literary translation (selection – translation – marketing), have a common focus. Third, based on the results, I draw conclusions regarding the different visions of Korea and the agents involved in the translation of Korean literature. The results show contradictory presentations of the different agents involved with a common hidden discourse: Struggle.
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Note on contributor
Esther Torres is a professional translator, teacher and researcher at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). As a translator she specializes in the translation of cultural products (literature, audiovisual and art). As a teacher she has worked in Chonbuk National University, University of Yonsei and currently teaches in the Department of English and German Studies at the URV. She holds a doctorate in Translation and Intercultural Studies and works on Korean literary exchanges and the reception of translations. ([email protected]).
ORCID
Ester Torres-Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-4357