The Ethics of Cultural Translation 101: Cross-Language Plagiarism
This article examines the consequences of cross-cultural plagiarization by looking at a famous case related to Polish and Holocaust Lit.
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Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
At the Mountains of Madness: Beyond the Anthropocentric Myth
By defying Western views on anthropocentrism, H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness explores the isolation of human beings.
Felix Purat
- Nov 7, 2022
- 6 min
On The Recent Emergence of Parallel Translations
This article delves deeper into the nature of the current translation surge.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Nov 6, 2022
- 7 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: Ancient Greek Mythology
The Olympians were anthropomorphic in many respects and the mythological tradition implied the kinship of the Greeks with their gods.
Felix Purat
- Nov 1, 2022
- 7 min
The Ethics of Cultural Translation 101: Tinkering With Canons
This third article in the 101 series continues with exploring the ethics related to the power translators have to form literary canons.
Bui Le Hoang Yen
- Oct 31, 2022
- 6 min
Vietnam - A Country with 54 Ethnic Groups
This article discusses the diverse culture of Vietnam, which has 54 Ethnic groups.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 30, 2022
- 6 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Hellenistic Period
The person of the Hellenistic period acquires greater control over their destiny and body, which distinguishes the period.
meganmaistre
- Oct 29, 2022
- 6 min
The Controversial Commercialisation of True Crime
This article looks at contemporary fascination with true crime and the controversies surrounding the genre.
Taylor Pace
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Why Different Generations Think Differently
The article addresses the discussion on generational differences, illustrating Mannheim's theory of the sociological problem of generations.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 23, 2022
- 6 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Athletic Body in Classical Athens
The athletic body in classical Athens was a source of admiration, as the closest to the idealistic godly image, yet impartially studied.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Oct 23, 2022
- 7 min
The Death of the Heart: A Pessimist Outlook on the Loss of Innocence
The Death of the Heart (1938) subverts the conventions of the coming-of-age story and presents the loss of innocence of the heroine.
Felix Purat
- Oct 17, 2022
- 7 min
The Ethics of Cultural Translation 101: A Translator’s Boundaries
The second article in this series picks up where individual originality left off and explores its borders: where does a translator stop?
Bui Le Hoang Yen
- Oct 16, 2022
- 5 min
Who wears folk costumes today?
Kimonos, Hanbok, Kilts, Ao Dai, Lederhosen, Dirndl, Kaftan, Sari: these are all familiar names for traditional costumes worldwide....
Felix Purat
- Oct 11, 2022
- 6 min
Literary Middlemen: How Dominant Languages Hinder the Literature of Minor Languages
This article details the struggle of Europe's minority language literature in translation, likening it to geopolitics.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 10, 2022
- 7 min
How Modern is Modern Art: Thoughts on Picasso’s Composition with Skull
“Composition with Skull” by Pablo Picasso is imbued with the spirit of modernism and, nevertheless, is containing a lot of influences.
Nathan Hepp
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
The History of Ska and Its Association with Subcultures
A look into the history of ska and a few associated subcultures
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 2, 2022
- 8 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Classical Period
The body in the classical tradition takes its central place in the culture and art of the period.
Felix Purat
- Sep 27, 2022
- 6 min
Information Transfer and “Otherness”
Information transfer is used to bring cultural "otherness" into other languages via translation. But how much "otherness" is enough?
juliagan6
- Sep 26, 2022
- 5 min
Coleridge on Reading, and Reading Coleridge Himself
The Romantic poet S. T. Coleridge describes different types of readers, which in turn describe his own reading habits.
Bui Le Hoang Yen
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
Can Folklore be protected by copyright?
Whether folklore can be protected by copyright or not
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