This project examines the translation of conflict in written fiction. As a central driver of narrative\, conflict has a direct impact o n intercharacter relations\, making it a particularly revealing site for c ross-cultural analysis. Drawing on a corpus of short stories and their tra nslations between English\, French\, and Italian — each language functio ning both as source and target — the study investigates how translators reshape the pragmatic force of conflictual discourse. Implementing a quali tative contrastive analysis\, it focuses on key interpersonal cues such as forms of address and character reference\, discourse presentation (i.e. s peech and thought reporting expressions)\, and taboo language. It shows ho w translators subtly yet actively influence the perception of characters\, relationships\, and intercharacter conflict by modifying appellatives and pronoun (un)markedness\, the illocutionary force and the representation o f paralinguistic cues in character interaction\, and the presence of taboo expressions.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260519T140000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news682@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260508T173925 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260521T101500 SUMMARY:Different Learners\, Different Futures: A Longitudinal Look at the Effects of Study Abroad DESCRIPTION:Study abroad is often associated with second language (L2) grow th and transformative experiences\, yet not all L2 learners return from a sojourn abroad with the same outcomes or continue along the same trajector y over time. Drawing on data from the LANGSNAP project\, a longitudinal st udy following English L1 learners of Spanish and French for nearly a decad e\, this presentation explores how individuals experience the effects of s tudy abroad differently across time. Combining quantitative and qualitativ e perspectives\, the talk highlights how individual differences\, social e ngagement\, and post-sojourn experiences shape long-term language developm ent and maintenance. X-ALT-DESC:Study abroad is often associated with second language (L2) gr owth and transformative experiences\, yet not all L2 learners return from a sojourn abroad with the same outcomes or continue along the same traject ory over time. Drawing on data from the LANGSNAP project\, a longitudinal study following English L1 learners of Spanish and French for nearly a dec ade\, this presentation explores how individuals experience the effects of study abroad differently across time. Combining quantitative and qualitat ive perspectives\, the talk highlights how individual differences\, social engagement\, and post-sojourn experiences shape long-term language develo pment and maintenance.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260521T120000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news681@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260507T153819 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260521T121500 SUMMARY:Making one’s place the center: The literary and philosophical wor d-views of Allan N. Derain DESCRIPTION:The novelist\, artist and researcher at Ateneo de Manila Univer sity\, Quezon City\, Philippines\, chose the mythological creature of «As wang» to work out a political and esthetic approach to indegenous knowled ge of his country and broader island South-East-Asia. This approach search es for the conceptualization of conflict and transgression within the epic stories and cosmologies of Panay and Bicol\, two regions of the country. His novels\, historical anthologies\, drawings and essays offer an opportu nity to view and analyze the contemporary world from the perspective of wo rking class\, marginalized positions. To understand the work of Allan N. D erain\, one has to consider late 19th-century intellectuals like Isabelo d e los Reyes\, the long tradition of marxism in the Philippines\, as well a s queer and feminist disccourse since the 1960ies. As translator of Derain ’s novel «Aswanglaut/Das Meer der Aswang»\, the work of Édouard Gliss ant\, Tiphaine Samoyault and Dipesh Chakrabarty on language\, colonialism and translation has been very helpful. X-ALT-DESC:The novelist\, artist and researcher at Ateneo de Manila Univ ersity\, Quezon City\, Philippines\, chose the mythological creature of « Aswang» to work out a political and esthetic approach to indegenous knowl edge of his country and broader island South-East-Asia. This approach sear ches for the conceptualization of conflict and transgression within the ep ic stories and cosmologies of Panay and Bicol\, two regions of the country . His novels\, historical anthologies\, drawings and essays offer an oppor tunity to view and analyze the contemporary world from the perspective of working class\, marginalized positions. To understand the work of Allan N. Derain\, one has to consider late 19th-century intellectuals like Isabelo de los Reyes\, the long tradition of marxism in the Philippines\, as well as queer and feminist disccourse since the 1960ies. As translator of Dera in’s novel «Aswanglaut/Das Meer der Aswang»\, the work of Édouard Gli ssant\, Tiphaine Samoyault and Dipesh Chakrabarty on language\, colonialis m and translation has been very helpful.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260521T140000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news675@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260120T112915 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260527T180000 SUMMARY:«Finnegans Wake» DESCRIPTION:New participants are always welcome! No previous knowledge of F innegans Wake is necessary\; we can happily catch up newcomers! Copies of the pages we'll look at will be available for those without books. X-ALT-DESC:New participants are always welcome! No previous knowledge of Finnegans Wake is necessary\; we can happily catch up newcomers! C opies of the pages we'll look at will be available for those without books .
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260909T174500 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news695@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260513T231948 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260910T141500 SUMMARY:Retake exam for the lecture «A Survey of English Literature II: Th e Long Eighteenth Century» DESCRIPTION:This exam retake is open only to students who failed the origin al exam in May. X-ALT-DESC:This exam retake is open only to students who failed the orig inal exam in May.
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