Hanna, S 2009, 'Othello in the Egyptian vernacular: negotiating the 'doxic' in drama translation and identity formation' , The Translator, 15 (1) , pp. 157-178.

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Abstract

Throughout the cultural history of modern Egypt, language has been a site for constructing and contesting different versions of national identity. While Classical Arabic (fusha) has been widely recognized by many as the legitimate expression of an Arab-Islamic identity that Egypt partakes of, there have been attempts by Egyptian intellectuals to forge and promote a unique Egyptian identity distinct from the Arab-Islamic geo-political and socio-cultural sphere. Egyptian vernacular Arabic (‘ammiyya) has been mainly deployed as the distinctive mark of this identity. While recognizing that the two categories of fusha and ‘ammiyya and the arbitrary divide between them are epistemological constructs that have been sustained and promoted by a number of institutional and discursive practices, including a linguistic discourse couched in a modernist understanding of reality, this article seeks to pinpoint the social/cultural economy of these two constructs in the field of drama translation in Egypt. It then examines a translation of Othello produced by Moustapha Safouan in 1998, in which he negotiates Egyptian identity through a strategic use of ‘ammiyya. The discussion of language and cultural practices in Egypt and Safouan’s translation draws on Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of doxa.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Special issue of journal: 'Nation and translation in the Middle East'. ISBN: 9781905763139.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bourdieu, classical Arabic, doxa, Egypt, Egyptian Arabic, identity formation, Khalil Mutran, Moustapha Safouan, Othello
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > P Language and Literature > PR English literature Subjects / Themes > P Language and Literature > PI Oriental languages and literatures Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Memory, Text and Place Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Colleges and Schools > College of Arts & Social Sciences Colleges and Schools > College of Arts & Social Sciences > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences > Centre for Translating and Interpreting Colleges and Schools > College of Arts & Social Sciences > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	The Translator
Publisher:	St. Jerome Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	13556509
Depositing User:	SF Hanna
Date Deposited:	29 May 2009 10:24
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2011 10:59
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/1996

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