Peer Gynt in Czech Translation: A Peculiar Reception History

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Peer Gynt in Czech Translation: A Peculiar Reception History

Original language description

Peer Gynt does not have as high a status as a unique world drama in Czechia as it has in some other countries. This is due to a historical paradox: in 1948, when H. J. Nilsen's epoch-making staging marked the beginning of a wave of de-romanticized productions of the play, a Czech translation of Peer Gynt was published which cemented the sentimental-romantic interpretation of the drama for several decades. This translation/adaptation of Peer Gynt was extremely influential, because its language, stylistically speaking, was truly excellent. Unfortunately, the translation is, at the same time, quite inaccurate and, more importantly, severely abbreviated - the entire fourth act is missing. It was only in the 1990s that Czech theaters began to use a newer, complete and more reliable translation of Peer Gynt. Thus while many theaters elsewhere in the world have long discovered the darker, existential dimensions of the play, it is only very recently that Czech theaters have begun to notice suc

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nordlit

ISSN

0809-1668

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Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

34

Country of publishing house

NO - NORWAY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

437-443

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