Cross-Cultural Potential of Mythologems’ Translation in H. Melville’s “Moby Dick”
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-712X-2022-4-83-90
Abstract
Aim. To determine the cross-cultural potential of transcoding the mythologemes of a literary text in translation.
Methodology. Through a comparative analysis of H. Melville’s “Moby Dick” and the texts translated into Russian, the cross-cultural potential of textual mythologies transfer from English into Russian is revealed.
Results. The tendencies of cross-cultural adaptation of text mythologems in two translations of H. Melville’s “Moby Dick” from English into Russian are identified. The author’s point of view to the phenomenon of the cross-cultural potential in translation is explained. Correlation between the cross-cultural potential in translation and the textual linguocultural code is substantiated.
Research implications. The research results contribute to the further development of translation studies theory and cross-cultural study of the mythologemes transfer. The methodology of cognitive modeling of myth intertextuality is verified. The results obtained can be applied in lectures on general linguistics and translation studies.
About the Authors
E. A. Ogneva
Belgorod State National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Ogneva – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Departmental Head
A. I. Naumova
Sevastopol State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasya I. Naumova – Assistant Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages
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