The notion of ‘conflict’ is part and parcel of contemporary discourse on translation and interpreting, wherein debates are frequently couched in terms of dichotomies, tensions and cultural differences, or conflicting allegiances. Perhaps the most persistent form of tension is that illustrated by the “general conflict between source-focused and target-focused approaches” (Pym 1995: …
Are you reading this while standing in front of the poetry shelf of your local bookstore or library, wondering what contemporary poetry might be worth exploring? Have you had the experience of coming upon forgotten poems you’d clipped from The New Yorker or The Atlantic, and of wishing that poetry could be a part of your life every day? Or have you ever left the magazine section of your bo…
Whether or not the discipline of English Literature is ‘in crisis’ is something we consider right at the start of this book. But if not in crisis, it is certainly a discipline in the process of marked change
This book offers an account of existing research and practice, and aims to stimulate further research and informed pedagogic innovation in the field of literature and language teaching, with special but not exclusive reference to foreign language studies. Colin MacCabe’s pronouncement was no doubt somewhat premature, and more specific: I have pruned ‘English’ and ‘in English’ fro…