A ‘School' Person in a ‘Red' Blanket: The Case of SEK Mqhayi

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M. Chapman
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The article considers the scope and purpose of the project, “Translating (South) African Literatures”, in relation to the early twentieth-century Xhosa writer, SEK Mqhayi, two of whose works have been translated into English in the project. Turning to the several prompts to reflection offered by the project, I evaluate Mqhayi's contribution to an ‘expanded' South African literary history. As does the project, my argument requires a return to the archive, in this case of Mqhayi's dual commitment to both Xhosa custom (‘Red') and colonial-Christian modernisation (‘School'). A brief comparison of Mqhayi's plain voice of ethical justice and, in the mid-1920s, the experimental modernism of his contemporary, William Plomer, raises the issue of an appropriate aesthetic in an expanded literary history, while I conclude with a key consideration in any translation project: the need for a ‘usable’ theory and practice of translation.
披着红毯的“学院派”:SEK Mqhayi的案例
本文考虑了“翻译(南非)文学”项目的范围和目的,该项目涉及20世纪初的科萨作家SEK Mqhayi,他的两部作品已在该项目中被翻译成英文。谈到该项目提供的几个反思提示,我评估了Mqhayi对“扩展”南非文学史的贡献。与该项目一样,我的论点需要回到档案馆,在这种情况下,Mqhayi对科萨习俗(“红色”)和殖民地基督教现代化(“学校”)的双重承诺。Mqhayi朴素的道德正义之声与20世纪20年代中期他的同时代人William Plomer的实验性现代主义进行了简短的比较,提出了在扩展的文学史中适当的美学问题,而我在任何翻译项目中都要考虑一个关键问题:需要一个“有用的”翻译理论和实践。
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期刊介绍: Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa is published bi-annually by Routledge. Current Writing focuses on recent writing and re-publication of texts on southern African and (from a ''southern'' perspective) commonwealth and/or postcolonial literature and literary-culture. Works of the past and near-past must be assessed and evaluated through the lens of current reception. Submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed by at least two referees of international stature in the field. The journal is accredited with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
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