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1 Mediation at Work : Tim Winton's Fiction in Italian Denise Maree Formica , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 71 no. 1 2011; 'Australian literary production reflects those nation-specific values and discourses that have been historically constrained and enabled by a complex system of institutions, individuals, practices and values. However, upon entering a foreign literary market through translation, Australian literary narratives are subjected to further constraints imposed by similar agencies within that culture which mediate the processes of selection, translation and critical reception. My analysis of Tim Winton's Dirt Music (2001) enables a greater understanding of how the writer's use of landscape positions him within that post-Romantic tradition of Australian literature that incorporates major Australian writers of prose and poetry such as Randolph Stow, Patrick White, Judith Wright and Les Murray...' (Author's introduction p. 1)
1 Nation, Narration and Translation : the Construction of an Australian Literary Archive in Italian Denise Maree Formica , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-13) 'The cultural capital attached to the Australian literary archive reflects those nation-specific values and discourses that have been historically 'constrained and enabled' by national literary institutions (Dixon 2005). The body of Australian texts which, through translation, is made available to the Italian readership constitutes an extension of that national archive which is shaped by another set of dynamics - both cultural and economic - that further constrain those selections. Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural production foregrounds the role of socio-cultural agencies in the production of texts and provides the framework for my recent research into the selection, translation and publication of Australian texts translated into Italian between 1945 and 2006. In this article I examine how in this period the selection of Australian texts for translation into Italian was 'constrained' by agencies in the target culture and also offer some insight into the manner in which Australian cultural institutions influenced that process. By foregrounding the role of socio-cultural agencies in the selection of Australian titles for translation, this article acknowledges the complexity of the relationship between translated literature as cultural artefact and as commodity, stresses the interconnectedness between texts and society, and suggests how this has contributed to shaping the archive of Australian texts in Italian.' (Author's abstract)
1 2 y separately published work icon Translating Australia : The Case of Australian Contemporary Fiction in Italian Translation Denise Maree Formica , 2010 Z1791643 2010 single work thesis 'This thesis sets out to investigate a number of issues related to the translation of Australian fiction in Italy. The main focus is how Australianness is perceived in the target culture and this has involved both an analysis of translated Australian fiction titles and the role of the agents of translation in the intercultural transfer of texts.'
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1 Mesas and Muses : The Effectiveness of Translation Strategies in the Transfer of Culturally Specific references in Tim Winton's Dirt Music Denise Maree Formica , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Aesthetics , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 154-173) 'This paper decribes and analyses the effectiveness of the translation strategies selected by the Italian translator of Tim Winton's Dirt Music' (p.154).
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