Résumés
Abstract
In this article, while I welcome the call for a more interdisciplinary character, I also endorse the idea that the methods of neighbouring disciplines do not necessarily need to be included into one comprehensive research model for TS. The advantages of interdisciplinary research are illustrated with research into the translation of literary irony. In the first part of the article, I present an analytical instrument for comparative research between original and translated ironic excerpts. I will demonstrate that by including insights from, mainly, pragmatic and cognitive approaches to irony, I have been able to fine-tune the three-part analytical instrument called “the ironic effect.” Its advantages and heuristic scope are illustrated with excerpts from La tía Julia y el escribidor (Mario Vargas Llosa). In the second part of the article, I discuss the analyses of two other novels, Tres tristes tigres (Guillermo Cabrera Infante) and La invención de Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares) and show that, by adopting very different research hypotheses and multiplying the questions asked, the observed data were better understood. I conclude that there is margin for an inclusive, open and flexible TS methodology, provided that both theory and methodology are understood as means of understanding. Stripped of its ontological status, theory, then, is nothing but a functional notion.
Keywords:
- literary irony,
- textual comparisons of originals and translations,
- methodology,
- interdisciplinarity,
- literary translation
Résumé
Tout en soutenant le principe d’interdisciplinarité, nous défendons l’idée que les méthodes de disciplines annexes ne doivent pas nécessairement être intégrées en traductologie dans un modèle de recherche unique et uniforme. Nous illustrerons les avantages de l’approche interdisciplinaire à l’aide d’exemples tirés d’une étude de la traduction de l’ironie littéraire. La première partie de la discussion portera sur l’instrument analytique, qui a été développé afin de permettre l’analyse comparative de fragments ironiques source et cible. D’abord, nous verrons dans quelle mesure il y a lieu de perfectionner cet instrument analytique tripartite au moyen d’une intégration souple et nuancée d’idées provenant, essentiellement, des approches pragmatique et cognitive de l’ironie. Ensuite, nous ferons ressortir les avantages et les possibilités heuristiques de cet instrument à l’aide de fragments du roman La tía Julia y el escribidor (Mario Vargas Llosa). Dans la deuxième partie de la discussion nous aborderons deux autres romans, à savoir Tres tristes tigres (Guillermo Cabrera Infante) et La invención de Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares). Finalement, nous argumenterons que la formulation d’hypothèses divergentes et l’intensification du questionnement mènent à une meilleure compréhension des données. Nous conclurons qu’il y a suffisamment de marge en traductologie pour une méthodologie inclusive, ouverte et flexible. Ceci implique néanmoins que la théorie ainsi que la méthodologie soient considérées comme des moyens pour mieux comprendre et vérifier des faits empiriques. La théorie, plutôt que de posséder un statut ontologique, serait donc une notion purement fonctionnelle.
Mots-clés :
- ironie littéraire,
- comparaisons de textes source et cible,
- méthodologie,
- interdisciplinarité,
- traduction littéraire
Parties annexes
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