Dr George Damaskinidis
SemioLab, School of Philosophy, A.U.Th
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Abstract
The research examines illustrated stories from the translation studies point of view. In particular, it is claimed that the images of an illustrated story are intersemiotic translations of the verbal elements, and as a consequence, they could be analyzed by employing tools that are similar to those employed by interlingual translation. The aim of this research is to present some of the difficulties in identifying true love by means of translating verbal and non-verbal semiotic signs of communication. First, the research sets the theoretical background where illustration is regarded as translation centred around theories of recreation, since we could approach illustration as a reappearance of the verbal elements in a visual form. Among others, it is studied the interrelations created by intersemioticity as a means of communication, both for verbal and non-verbal signs of communication. Intersemioticity will be studies by taking into account the fact that illustration and the verbal text present two different versions of the same story. In the second part, it is examined three techniques with which illustration could translate the verbal part: by literally reproducing the verbal elements in the image, by focusing on narrative elements, and by adapting the image to a specific ideology or artistic trend. The third part examines the illustrated story True Love to find out how the intersemioticity of the image and the verbal part reproduce stereotypical gendered roles around the concept of true love, as these have been identified in research work.
Keywords
gender roles, illustrated story, intersemiotic translation, social stereotypes, true love
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