Transversal Textures

In recent years, scholarly discourse has extensively examined retranslations, yet non-retranslations have received insufficient attention. The term non-retranslations refers to works in translation that persist in a literary system without undergoing retranslation. This study examines a concise bibliography of non-retranslations to gain a better understaning of the idea and its dynamics within the Turkish literary system. The bibliography of nineteen works by five Nobel laureates examines instances of non-retranslation through Antoine Berman’s notion of “great” translators. Another key notion used in this study is that of non-translation, which is also explored in the works of six modernist authors. Debates on the lack of (re)translation are compared to the significant increase in retranslations during the 2000s. This study’s findings reflect a tendendy that within the translated literary system Türkiye, non-translations and non-retranslations coexist alongside retranslations.Keywords:...

Aleksandar Mijatović, teoretičar i sveučilišni profesor književnosti, autor je nekoliko autorskih i koautorskih knjiga iz područja teorije književnosti i (post)jugoslavenske književnosti na hrvatskom i na engleskom jeziku. Preobrazbe književne teorije autorova je posljednja knjiga. Sastoji se od četrnaest tijekom desetljeća i pol objavljivanih ili u različitim prigodama izlaganih (ko)autorskih studija i rasprava raspodijeljenih u četiri cjeline, od kojih su neke za potrebe knjige minimalno dodatno prerađene ili razvijene, uz autorsku uvodnu bilješku, popis literature, bibliografsku bilješku o njihovu porijeklu, imensko i pojmovno kazalo te bio-bibliografsku bilješku o autoru. U uknjiženim studijama i raspravama obrađuje se različita književnoteorijska, književnopovijesna, filozofska i kulturalna problematika, to jest tematski kompleks koji je predmet autorova dosadašnjeg znanstveno-istraživačkog i predavačkog djelovanja.Središnji i uvijek otvoreni problem na putu preobrazbe teorije knj...

Alongside decadent style, form, imagery, and political imagination, decadent subjectivity is one of the defining features of the decadent novel. In Arthur Machen’s texts, various types of decadent characters appear – ranging from occult monomaniacs and cursed men of letters, to hedonists and degenerating youth, all the way to dandies and aesthetes. However, the question arises: are all decadent characters necessarily decadent subjects? This article analyses three dominant types of decadent characters – the Faustian occultist, the flâneur detective, and the martyr of decadence – in Machen’s most well-known decadent works: the novella The Great God Pan (1894) and the novel The Hill of Dreams (1907). It will be demonstrated that while the Faustian occultist and the flâneur detective are undoubtedly constituted as decadent seekers of meaning in modernity, they ultimately do not evolve into reservoirs of decadent antimodernism. On the other hand, the character of the saintly martyr of decad...

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Food has a vital role in a person’s life. It provides sustenance and ensures the proper functioning of the mind and body. It has also always had a social role in encouraging interaction and connection. Additionally, many religions relate food and eating to sexuality, as in the Bible or Kama Sutra. Both forms of food symbolism, communality, and sexuality are present in Netflix’s Bridgerton (2020-ongoing), adapted from Julia Quinn’s book series (2000-2013). Famous for being close-knit, the Bridgertons exhibit incessant camaraderie and deep emotional connection. This paper argues that the series often conveys their familial intimacy through food and eating. Moreover, food is used to show romantic connections and conflicts, such as when Daphne and Colin express desire for their respective romantic interests while eating sweets. Likewise, cherries arguably represent Lady Featherington’s daughters’ virginity. Finally, food serves as a powerful symbol of the social status and knowledge availa...

Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” explores the complexities of boundaries, both physical and metaphorical, through the annual ritual of two neighbors who meet and mend a stone wall. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s geophilosophical concepts, this “architextural” essay analyzes the poem as a dynamic interplay between the war machine –represented by the questioning narrator – and the State apparatus, embodied by the tradition-bound neighbor. The wall serves as a One-Two structure, simultaneously a limes and a limen, by reflecting the tension between striating and smoothing forces. While the neighbor upholds the stratified order with the maxim “Good fences make good neighbors,” the narrator challenges this equilibrium through a willingness to transgress and a pursuit of deterritorializing freedom. With this perspective, the poem offers a profound reflection on the paradox of boundaries, which are both divisive and unifying forces. “Mending Wall” also offers unique geophilosophic...