'madame' and 'monsieur' from Louisiana
The 181 issue in the Universal Literature collection allows us to learn about the work of Kate Chopin. The best known work of this American writer is the novel The Awakening (1899), which was once despised and rejected until the 1960s. The awareness of some women between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is the main theme that will appear in their works. It is, therefore, a reference work of protofeminism.
Chopin wrote these stories at the end of the 19th century to have an income after widowhood. He offers us photographs of his time made with a critical look, showing the hidden: “The transit of human beings was no longer important; going up or down from the world; getting married or dying. It didn't matter if a stroke of chance gave money or withdrew it. All the trepets the world offers man for entertainment seemed empty and void.”
This book will also help us to learn more about the history of America. In fact, the British and Spanish empire has not been the only ones that have colonized and left a mark in America. In these narratives the community of the Acadians or goats appears. In other words, cryols after the French settlers. The characters are, therefore, the Louisiana French-speakers in the south of the United States, along with the "white lords", "black slaves" and "indigenous savages".
Finally, I would also like to say two words about the Basque translation of other languages and cultures. The challenges of Basque translation and non-standardization are the concerns I want to share. The prevalence of the use of the high standard Basque language in some translations requires readers to know it well and, as with the doubling of television, risks to homogenize translated literary works.
In this case, it cannot be denied that the translator has worked hard, especially in the expression of orality. However, I have to acknowledge that the choice of Goierri’s oral language has been alien to me and I have been slow to get used to it. It is not easy to choose in a non-standard language and open roads.
PELLOKERIAK
Ruben Ruiz
Illustrations: Joseba Beramendi, exprai.
Elkar, 2022
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Memet
Noemie Marsily and Isabella
Cieli For Centos, 2022
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A Heart Museum
Leire Vargas
Elkar, 2024
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What you love. Word recall, live reading
Miren Billelabeitia
Pamiela, 2022
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Snarka Lewis Carroll
Hunting
Images:
Translation and Edition of Henry Holiday:Manu LÓpez Gaseni
Pamiela, 2024
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Lighting
Miriam Luki
Susa, 2023
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Translations
Miren Agur Meabe
Elkar, 2023
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Text:
Ilan Brenman
Illustrations: Guilherme Karsten
translation: In Alkain
Denonartean, 2024
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Pozo
Goiatz Labandibar
Erein, 2024
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The Pozo de Goiatz Labandibarren is a growth novel that takes place one day: the descent of menstruation. Or in other words, a hero's journey, why not.
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Sorry as if there were no
Mariana Travacio
Erein, 2024
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Josefa, neskame
Alaitz Melgar Agirre
Elkar, 2022
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In the maze of
the theatre I Ander
Lipus EHAZE and Susa
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-It was an ordinary afternoon. For anglerfish.” This evening is what Maite Mutuberria tells us in this album. The book has very few texts and the images tell us very well the development of history.
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