Date/Time
Date(s) - 2 Apr 2014
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Location
Barnard Hall
Category(ies) No Categories
Center for Translation Studies at Barnard College:
We write to invite you to a lecture by Elsa Kammerer (Assistant Professor at the Université de Lille 3) about the very first German translator of François Rabelais. The lecture (in French) is titled: “La traduction comme expérimentation: Johann Fischart et Rabelais (1575-1590).” The event is free and open to the public.
What: Lecture by Elsa Kammerer about the first German translator of Rabelais
When: Wednesday April 2, 2014, 6.30pm
Where: Barnard College (Broadway and 117th Street, New York City)
Ella Weed Room, Milbank Hall 2nd floor
For more information: contact Phillip John Usher ([email protected])
Lecture Description:
How does humor translate? Elsa Kammerer examines the first German translation of the works of French comic genius François Rabelais. What challenges did Johann Fischart (1545-1591) face while translating the scatological and deeply political story of a giant called Gargantua? Elsa Kammerer is a professor in the department of French and comparative literature at the Université Lille III. This event is sponsored by the Barnard Center for Translation Studies, funded by the Mellon Foundation.