Translating Science Fiction: a Dystopian Task?

Authors

  • Javier Martín Párraga Universidad de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21071/skopos.v5i.4291

Keywords:

Translation, Science Fiction, American Literature.

Abstract

Even science fiction is certainly an ambiguous category, it wouldn’t be exaggerated to assert that it is one of the most popular genres within the second half of the twentieth century and the first years of the twenty first one. Every single year numberless new science fiction books are published, together with a wide variety of films and TV shows that could also be catalogued as science fictional. On the other hand, science fiction is no longer a marginal genre but one that is populated by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland or Kurt Vonnegut. The aim of this paper is to examine the many problems that arise when translating science fiction texts.

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Published

2014-12-01

How to Cite

Martín Párraga, J. (2014). Translating Science Fiction: a Dystopian Task?. Skopos. Revista Internacional De Traducción E Interpretación, 5, 87–102. https://doi.org/10.21071/skopos.v5i.4291

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