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Rewriting Humour in Comic Books

Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Dimitris Asimakoulas

    1. University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

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  • Proposes a unique, language-led research agenda for cultural flows
  • Examines the transferral of humour across cultures and time
  • Foregrounds the emerging study of comic books and graphic novels
  • Challenges textual norms and the hierarchy of cultural flows

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting (PTTI)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Rewriting

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    Pages 7-53

  4. Transition to Comic Book Text: A Different Mode of Engagement

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    Pages 55-76

  5. Poetics of Humour and Translation

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    Pages 77-124

  6. Repeated Logic Offenders: Comic Characters

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    Pages 125-175

  7. Concluding Remarks

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    Pages 177-181

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 183-189
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About this book

This book examines comic book adaptations of Aristophanes’ plays in order to shed light on how and why humour travels across cultures and time. Forging links between modern languages, translation and the study of comics, it analyses the Greek originals and their English translations and offers a unique, language-led research agenda for cultural flows, and the systematic analysis of textual norms in a multimodal environment. It will appeal to students and scholars of Modern Languages, Translation Studies, Comics Studies, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    Dimitris Asimakoulas

About the author

Dimitris Asimakoulas is a Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. His research focuses on humour, minority identities in literature and film, and translation history. 

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