On the Image of Outer Space in Victor Kolupaev’s Short Prose and its German Translations

Abstract

The article presents the results of the research “Translation perception of Viktor Kolupaev’s short prose in Germany”. First, the authors present the traditional history of translations of the works of the Tomsk science fiction writer Viktor Dmitrievich Kolupaev (1936-2001). Secondly, they analyze the image of outer space in the stories “Žemčužina” [The Pearl] (1972), “Samyj bolʹšoj dom” [The Biggest House], “Kakie smešnye derevʹâ” [What Funny Trees] (1975), the novella “Kačeli Otšelʹnika” [Hermit’s Swing] (1972) and their German translations published in the period 1974-1988. The analyzed translations demonstrate a high degree of transfer of the poetics of Kolupaev's works. This study is the basis for continuing the study of Kolupaev's oeuvre in the future.

Cuvinte-cheie: literatură rusă, Viktor Kolupaev, literatura sovietică de ficţiune, traducere literară

REZUMAT

În articol, sunt prezentate reflecţii asupra tematicii „Percepția prin traducerea în germană a prozei scurte a lui Viktor Kolupaev”. Autorii prezintă, mai întâi de toate, istoria tradițională a traducerilor lucrărilor scriitorului fantast din Tomsk, Viktor Kolupaev (1936-2001), ca mai apoi să analizeze spațiul cosmic atât în poveștile acestuia („Žemčužina” [Perla] (1972), „Samyj bolʹšoj dom” [Cea mai mare casă], „Kakie smešnye derevʹâ” [Ce copaci amuzanţi] (1975)), cât şi în nuvela „Kačeli Otšelʹnika” [Leagănul pustnicului] (1972), traduse toate în germană în perioada 1974-1988. Traducerile analizate demonstrează un grad ridicat de transfer al poeticii operelor lui Kolupaev şi deschid noi orizonturi de cercetare.

LANGUAGES OF PUBLICATION

English (main text and corpus); Russian, Latin, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Hebrew (corpus)

UDC: 821.161.1.09-3”19/20”(092)Kolupaev V. 

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Received: September 11, 2022 | Reviewed: September 20, 2022 | Accepted for publication: October 3, 2022

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