J. Romains’ and M. Tourneur’s Creative Transposition of Volpone

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  • Purificación Ribes Traver Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.21.9325

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We are well aware that, no matter how valuable a text may be, its afterlife in other cultural and linguistic contexts is heavily dependent on the translator’s ability to meet the needs and expectations of its target audience. This is precisely what French screenwriter Jules Romains and film director Maurice Tourneur did when adapting Jonson’s Volpone [1940] for the new medium at the advent of sound films. It is the aim of this article to cast light on their creative transposition of Ben Jonson’s theatrical masterpiece.

 

Keywords: Romains; Tourneur; Volpone; creative transposition

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Purificación Ribes Traver, Universitat de València

Department of English and German Studies School of Philology, Translation and Communication Universitat de València

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2016-12-05

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Ribes Traver, P. (2016). J. Romains’ and M. Tourneur’s Creative Transposition of Volpone. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Lingüístics, 21, 287–303. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.21.9325
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Vol. 21 (2016): The translator through the ages

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