Language and Translation in Postcolonial Literatures by Simon... - 9781138547940

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Introduction: The Fact of Translation in Postcolonial Literatures Simona Bertacco Part I. Translational Texts 1. Bridging the Silence: Inner Translation and the Metonymic Gap Bill Ashcroft 2. From the Early Decolonization to Contemporary Gender Issues in the African Novel in English, French and Arabic Chantal Zabus 3. Learning to Shant Well and the Art of the Good Translator Roberta Cimarosti 4. The 'Gift' of Translation to Postcolonial Literatures Simona Bertacco Part II. Translation as Pre-text 5. \u2018Make a Plan\u2019: Pre-Texts in Zimbabwe Doris Sommer and Naseemah Mohamed 6. Postcolonial Cities and the Culture of Translation Sherry Simon 7. Elli, Lella, Elengou: A Vernacular Poetics for the Mediterranean Stephanos Stephanides 8. The Politics of Language Choice in the \u2018English-Language\u2019 Theater of Malaysia Susan Philip Part III. Contexts of Translation 9. \u2018Word of Struggle\u2019: The Politics of Translation in Indigenous Pacific Literature Michelle Keown 10. Tran