The Middle Irish "Odyssey:" Folktale, Fiction, or Saga?

Meyer, Robert T.

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“…88 Franco Porsia, Liber monstrorum, p. 59-68 ; Andy Orchard, « The Sources and Meaning of the Liber monstrorum », en AA.VV., I monstra nell'Inferno dantesco : tradizione e simbologie. Atti del xxxiii Convegno storico internazionale (Todi, 13-16 ottubre 199613-16 ottubre ), Spoleto, 1997 derar un conocimiento de la tradición homérica en la Irlanda altomedieval 89 , aunque no se pueda precisar con detalle la procedencia exacta de la información, dadas, sobre todo, las numerosas diferencias entre estas versiones y el original 90 y también el desconocimiento generalizado del griego más allá de unos pocos humanistas hibérnicos 91 . -La mitología clásica fue ampliamente tratada y difundida tanto en Irlanda como en la Inglaterra anglosajona a partir, precisamente, de la tradición escoliástica y gramatical de origen tardo-antiguo, dando origen a un rico material mitográfico latino y vernáculo de tipo glosográfico 92 .…”

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Interpolaciones de origen glosográfico en el Liber monstrorum

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Merugud Uilix Maic Leirtis

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2017

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain

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Merugud Uilix maic Leirtis is a Middle Irish adaption of incidents drawn ultimately from Homer's Odyssey through Virgil's Aeneid , married to an international folktale. An Irish‐style hero escapes from Troy and visits various islands, rescuing his men, killing a Cyclops, and meeting a Judge of Truth who gives him advice. Arriving home he finds a beautiful young man in his wife's chamber and, about to kill him, he is told that the young man is their son. Unrecognizable at first, the hero is identified through a brooch and his old dog's devotion.

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“In a Sea of Wonders:” Eastern Europe and Transylvania in the Irish-Language Translation ofDracula

Brún

2020

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The publication of the Irish-language translation of Dracula in 1933 by Seán Ó Cuirrín was a landmark moment in the history of Irish-language letters. This article takes as its starting point the idea that language is a central theme in Dracula. However, the representation of Transylvania in the translation marked a departure from Bram Stoker’s original. A masterful translation, one of its most salient features is Ó Cuirrín’s complex use of the Irish language, particularly in relation to Eastern European language, character, and landscapes. The article examines Ó Cuirrín’s prose and will explore how his approaches to concrete and abstract elements of the novel affect plot, character, and narration. The first section explores how Dracula is treated by Ó Cuirrín in the Irish translation and how this impacts the Count’s persona and his identity as Transylvanian. Through Ó Cuirrín’s use of idiom, alliteration, and proverb, it will be shown how Dracula’s character is reimagined, creating a more nuanced narrative than the original. The second section shows how Ó Cuirrín translates Jonathan Harker’s point of view in relation to Dracula. It shows that, through the use of figurative language, Ó Cuirrín develops the gothic element to Dracula’s character. The article then examines Ó Cuirrín’s translations of Transylvanian landscapes and soundscapes. It will show how Ó Cuirrín’s translation matched Stoker’s original work to near perfection, but with additional poetic techniques, and how Ó Cuirrín created a soundscape of horror throughout the entirety of the translation.

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The Middle Irish "Odyssey:" Folktale, Fiction, or Saga?

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Interpolaciones de origen glosográfico en el Liber monstrorum

Interpolaciones de origen glosográfico en el Liber monstrorum

Merugud Uilix Maic Leirtis

“In a Sea of Wonders:” Eastern Europe and Transylvania in the Irish-Language Translation ofDracula

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