造信翻译:从《指环王》到神学机构的虚构真理与世界建构

IF 0.2 4区哲学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Literature and Theology Pub Date : 2021-03-25 DOI:10.1093/LITTHE/FRAA037

Mark A. Godin

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本文通过三个虚构翻译的案例来探讨真实与虚构的关系。第一个是j·r·r·托尔金的《指环王》，他把这部作品翻译成一部古老的文本。第二个和第三个都是神学隐喻:将教学想象为翻译，并将翻译作为宗教间对话的模式。比较这些案例可以将世界建构理论——通常与幻想和科幻小说联系在一起——扩展为一种反思制度及其结构的工具。案例研究提供了跨差异谈判关系的见解，以及差异本身的制造。

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Make-Belief Translation: Fictive Truths and World-Building from The Lord of the Rings to Theological Institutions

This article explores the relationship of truth and fiction through three case studies of imagined translation used to construct worlds. The first is The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, who presents the work as a translation of an ancient text. The second and third are both theological metaphors: imagining teaching as translation, and offering translation as a model for inter-religious dialogue. Comparing these cases extends the theory of world-building—most commonly associated with fantasy and science fiction—into a tool for reflecting on institutions and their structures. The case studies offer insights on negotiating relationships across difference, and on the fabrication of difference itself.

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期刊介绍： Literature and Theology, a quarterly peer-review journal, provides a critical non-confessional forum for both textual analysis and theoretical speculation, encouraging explorations of how religion is embedded in culture. Contributions should address questions pertinent to both literary study and theology broadly understood, and be consistent with the Journal"s overall aim: to engage with and reshape traditional discourses within the studies of literature and religion, and their cognate fields - biblical criticism, literary criticism, philosophy, politics, culture studies, gender studies, artistic theory/practice, and contemporary critical theory/practice.