HIC SUNT LEONES ALEBO KTO SA BOJÍ ANTIKY

• Authors: Borodovčáková Martina

Title variants

EN

Hic sunt leones or who is afraid of Antiquity?

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

This study outlines the tradition of translation of ancient Greek drama in Slovakia. Most of the existing translations were made with a view to being staged by Slovak professional theatres, which had influenced their final literary form. There is a difference between translation for a stage and translation for reading purposes only. The text of a drama is an essential medium for the director as the creator of a theatre performance; as a result, it must meet the requirement of currency and the ability to communicate with the audience. An out-of-date or unsuitable translation may therefore pose a problem. The study uses excerpts from the translations of Sophocles’ Antigone and Oedipus the King to demonstrate ways of approaching the translation of such texts and the conventions that are connected with them.

Keywords

EN

ANTIQUITY; DRAMA; TRANSLATION; DRAMATIC TEXT; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Theatre and Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 104 – 116

Contributors

author

Borodovčáková Martina

• Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, Slovak Republic