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<p>The new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica” brings about an interpretation grounded in comprehensive scholarly research, which a linguo-stylistic analysis of both its source text (ST) and 25 published (re)translations represent. This retranslation is designed to make a notable difference reflected in its aspiration to achieve optimal equivalence on all levels of expression, minding its metrics, rhythm, sound figures, as much as its lexical choices and syntactic structures. One of the paper’s main aims is to compensate for the linguistic and stylistic flaws recognized in the previous translations of this ballad, which were not always erroneous deviations from a semantic correspondence, but interpretations informed by a fundamental incomprehension of the religio-cultural circumstances shaping the world of the ballad.</p>
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The new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica” brings about an interpretation grounded in comprehensive scholarly research, which a linguo-stylistic analysis of both its source text (ST) and 25 published (re)translations represent. This retranslation is designed to make a notable difference reflected in its aspiration to achieve optimal equivalence on all levels of expression, minding its metrics, rhythm, sound figures, as much as its lexical choices and syntactic structures. One of the paper’s main aims is to compensate for the linguistic and stylistic flaws recognized in the previous translations of this ballad, which were not always erroneous deviations from a semantic correspondence, but interpretations informed by a fundamental incomprehension of the religio-cultural circumstances shaping the world of the ballad.

Through linguo-stylistic analysis to a new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica“

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The new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica” brings about an interpretation grounded in comprehensive scholarly research, which a linguo-stylistic...

Through linguo-stylistic analysis to a new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica“

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2022

Pages: 143 - 183

Reçu: 18 mai 2022

Accepté: 13 juin 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0006

Mots clés
retranslation, the ballad “Hasanaginica”, linguo-stylistic analysis, phono-stylistic interpretation, lexico-stylistic interpretation, syntactic stylistic interpretation

© 2022 Amina Arnautović, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Through linguo-stylistic analysis to a new retranslation of the ballad “Hasanaginica“

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2022

Pages: 143 - 183

Reçu: 18 mai 2022

Accepté: 13 juin 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0006

Mots clésretranslation, the ballad “Hasanaginica”, linguo-stylistic analysis, phono-stylistic interpretation, lexico-stylistic interpretation, syntactic stylistic interpretation

© 2022 Amina Arnautović, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
retranslation, the ballad “Hasanaginica”, linguo-stylistic analysis, phono-stylistic interpretation, lexico-stylistic interpretation, syntactic stylistic interpretation