Shadow (Eurydice Says)

We propose a literary translation from German into Brazilian Portuguese of a passage from the drama Shadow (Eurydice Says), by Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek. The play, published in 2013, is a modern and feminist version of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The translation, which is followed...

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Authors: Gonçalves Bachmann, Cristiane, Bohunovsky, Ruth
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repository:Belas Infiéis
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27435
Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/belasinfieis/article/view/27435
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Elfriede Jelinek. Tradução literária. Eurídice e Orfeu. Intertextualidade. Feminismo.
Elfriede Jelinek. Literary translation. Eurydice and Orpheus. Intertextuality. Feminism.
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Summary:We propose a literary translation from German into Brazilian Portuguese of a passage from the drama Shadow (Eurydice Says), by Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek. The play, published in 2013, is a modern and feminist version of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The translation, which is followed by its source text, is preceded by a concise presentation of the work and its author, in which we discuss some of the most relevant aspects of this theatrical text in terms of intertextuality and formal features.