Linguistic Fragmentation and Cultural Inclusion in the Middle Ages. Translation, Plurilingualism, Multilingualism

Paperback, 326 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 23 col., 17 tables b/w., Languages: English, Italian, French. ISBN 9782503613642. Summary Linguistic fragmentation contains the risk of cultural separation, while the concept of inclusion implies the recognition of the difference of the Other, which must be recognised in its specificity to develop a process of inclusion. One of the main means of overcoming the dangers hidden in linguistic fragmentation is unquestionably plurilingualism and, relatedly, translation. Translation enables the transmission of content from one linguistic-cultural system to another. Multilingualism is not just a peculiarity of the contemporary age, it is a fundamental phenomenon of the Middle Ages. The conceptual relationship between linguistic fragmentation and cultural inclusion, and the inter-relationships of these two apparently opposing poles with the communicative tool of translation, requires some reflection within the broader framework of translation studies in the Middle Ages. This collection of essays examines the seemingly paradoxical concept of linguistic fragmentation as an instrument of cultural inclusion thanks to the practice of translation. The essays explain the relationship through translations between many medieval languages and texts, from Icelandic to Italian, from English to French, and more. They examine vernacular circulation of religious texts (translation of the Bible, of hagiographic or homiletic texts, etc.); circulation, thanks to translation, of literary texts (e.g., the translation of epic-chivalric cycles); translation from a koine language to another language and vice versa; and the relationship between the choice of the target language and the socio-cultural context. TABLE OF CONTENTS Challenging Fragmentation, Striving for Inclusion ALESSANDRO ZIRONI Part One: Adapting to Include Dal latino al volgare: un'orazione "renana" nel XV e XVI secolo PAOLA SPAZZALI La traduzione italiana della Vita di santa Brigida di Svezia SILVIA NOCENTINI Among Languages and Writing Systems: Prayers in Latin and in the Vernacular in Medieval Scandinavia MARUSCA FRANCINI Sketching Guthlac as a Model of Monastic Virtues: Vercelli XXIII, Guthlac A and the Vita Sancti Guthlaci RAFFAELE CIOFFI Textual Alterations as Re-translations: John Lydgate's Aureate Lyrics in Manuscript and Early Print TATSUYA NII The Translator in the Text: The Narrative Voice of the Middle Welsh Otuel LUCIANA CORDO RUSSO Part Two: Creation and Transformation La traduction vieux-slave du Poenitentiale Merseburgense: mod le exemplaire d'entre-deux-langues au Moyen ge MARIYANA TSIBRANSKA-KOSTOVA and IRENA KRISTEVA Creating a Literary Koine: How Gavin Douglas Translates Repetition in the Eneados MEGAN BUSHNELL Fragmentation, Translation and Dido's Diversity MARIAN ROTHSTEIN Translation, Function, Semantics: from the Romance of Horn to King Horn PIERANDREA GOTTARDI Inter-Codicality: The Case of Two Manuscripts Belonging to Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France ANNE MOURON Part Three: Language Inclusions Tristan in Munich, BSB, MS Cgm 51. Observations on an Intermodal Romance ADELE CIPOLLA Illumination and Text in the Pearl-Manuscript (London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.x.) SIBILLA SIANO 0 g.…