Translating Tales of the Trickster

翻译《骗子的故事》

• 批准号: AH/J01267X/1
• 负责人: Bambo Luci Soyinka
• 金额: $ 3.05万
• 依托单位: University of the West of England
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ01267X%2F1
• 关键词: Translating; Tales; Trickster

The research will create an open space for creative and critical discussion of the ways in which trickster folklores are being translated, written, performed and lived within contemporary cultures. We will consider how trickster folklore is being translated into new forms of fiction and will explore how trickster narratives are lived and performed in everyday life The main vehicle for research will be a network of academic, creative and public partnerships that will respond to the theme "Translating Tales of the Trickster" through a series of micro fictions, performances and papers that are intended to stimulate debate across disciplines and contexts. The network will explore the feasibility of creating a digital archive of established and emerging trickster tales.The mythical trickster character often possesses magical abilities and may transform his/her/its own identity and that of any surrounding people or environment. A core characteristic is that she/he/it is never as first appears. S/he is the friend who turns out to be an opponent, the witch who helps the hero return home or the lover disguised as a monster. In folklore, the trickster appears in the guise of a fool, a hag, a fox, a hare and a coyote. In modern fiction, the trickster is the false-love in romance stories or the criminal in detective stories. Finally, in contemporary contexts of new writing and performance, the trickster steps out of a magical circle of fiction to perform actions that have consequences in the physical world.The rational for the proposed network is to engage with the, as yet, unexplored opportunities to develop a new body of research into the continuing translations of trickster mythology across new cultures of writing, performance and lived experience.In order to stimulate ideas, we will be holding two workshops: the first will focus on traditional folklore and the second will introduce new examples of trickster narratives. In the latter workshop, we will explore the use of performance and creative writing as means with which to feedback research findings to relevant stakeholders groups.

这项研究将为创造性和批判性的讨论创造一个开放的空间，讨论骗子民间传说在当代文化中被翻译、写作、表演和生活的方式。我们将考虑如何变戏法的民间传说被翻译成小说的新形式，并将探讨如何变戏法的叙述是生活和日常生活中进行的研究的主要工具将是一个网络的学术，创造性和公共伙伴关系，将回应主题“翻译的变戏法的故事”通过一系列的微型小说，表演和论文旨在激发跨学科和背景的辩论。该网络将探讨建立一个已建立和新出现的骗子故事数字档案的可行性。神话中的骗子角色通常拥有神奇能力，可以改变他/她/它自己的身份以及周围任何人或环境的身份。一个核心特征是，她/他/它从来不是第一次出现。S/他是原来是对手的朋友，帮助英雄回家的女巫或伪装成怪物的情人。在民间传说中，变戏法的人会装扮成傻瓜、巫婆、狐狸、野兔和郊狼。在现代小说中，骗子是浪漫小说中的假爱情或侦探小说中的罪犯。最后，在新的写作和表演的当代语境中，骗子走出了小说的魔法圈，在现实世界中做出了具有影响力的行为。拟议中的网络的合理性在于，利用尚未探索的机会，发展一个新的研究机构，研究骗子神话在新的写作文化中的持续翻译，为了激发创意，我们将举办两个研讨会：第一个研讨会将侧重于传统民俗，第二个研讨会将介绍骗子叙事的新例子。在后一个工作坊中，我们将探讨如何使用表演和创意写作作为向相关利益相关者团体反馈研究结果的手段。