By Emily Apter (Professor of French and Comparative Literature at New York University) Translation/Transnation Claudio Calossi Alessandra Meschini TPCI.

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by Emily Apter (Professor of French and Comparative Literature at New York University) Translation/Transnation Claudio Calossi Alessandra Meschini TPCI I inglese 1

MAIN THEMES DEPENDENCY of minority languages on dominant language Relationship between linguistic standardization, formation of national identity and diffusion of European languages in colonized territories English language SUPREMACY through economic globalization The definition of TRANSLATIONAL TRANSNATIONALISM, TRANSLATIONAL TRANSNATIONALISM among minority languages 2

What is a minor literature? Regarding Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s Kafka: toward a minor literature, Kafka’s language as a pastiche of vehicular language People do NOT use anymore an OFFICIAL LANGUAGE as a LINGUA FRANCA when there are two minority languages. Everything takes place in the SPHERE OF MINORITY. Pasley & Harman Important for the definition of trans- in literary TRANSnationalism Ex. Trainspotting 3

TENSIONS BETWEEN OFFICIAL, LITERARY, AND COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGES ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF TRANSLATION STUDIES In a metaphorical way, the area in which two kinds of languages meet each other is the seismic zone of translation and linguistic conflicts, what the author defined as the BALKAN BABEL. 4

BALKANISM is term coined by Todorova, in her work “Imagining the Balkans”. It describes the unstable situation in the Balkans provoked by the border wars and the unruly coexistence of several linguistic identities. TRANSLATION ZONES are areas where every minority language is at war with the others in order to achieve linguistic supremacy. No major language takes part in the “fight”. This conflict is particularly bitter on the borders. 5

BALKANISM IVO ANDRIĆ ( ) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Author of “The Bridge on the Drina” (1945). The common adoption of terms from another language is dictated by linguistic migration (or transnationalism). In his novel, this is seen as a theft from the cultural patrimony of that country and so it can lead to a violent conflict. 6

ISMAIL KADARÉ Born in 1936 in Girokaster, Albania Albania's best-known poet and novelist Representation of classical myths in modern contexts Irony Albanian political situation Nobility of the Albanian language Three-Arched Bridge Three-Arched Bridge (1978) Broken April Broken April (1978) 7

BRIDGE Seen as a way to put in RELATION two different populations (Albanian and Turks). The construction of the bridge is as difficult as the attempt to communicate between different cultural and linguistic identities within the Balkans. Turk’s influence on the Albanian language is described by the narrator as a BIOLOGICAL WEAPON, impossible to control. 8

Why are Balkans a problematic linguistic area? 0 Barriers of untranslatability 0 Sameness between languages (such as Serbian and Croatian) declared separate by official decree. 0 Physical proximity of different language groups. 0 Historical failure of nationalist linguistic policies aiming to eliminate differences. 0 Proliferation of hybrid dialects that cannot be considered as standard languages. 9

LANGUAGE is compared to WAR Weapons such as “intelligent machines” are replaced by linguistic techniques which are regulated by strict rules date back to ancient manuals. Language is very simple and used only for war purposes. Minorities and dialects are flatted out by the language of “intelligent machines”.. 10

Two ways of considering LINGUISTIC WARS in Kadaré’s works: 0 Mafia war  Mafia is seen as a group of people striving to reaffirm the purity of their language and preserve it from contamination of dialects and hybrid languages. 0 Total war  NUCLEAR ENGLISH (Virilio and Lotringer) it is a total war declaration to linguistic diversity. It is similar to the notion of Basic English (Quirk), an unemotional and colloquial language. It is the revival of the myth of the creation of an universal language in the era of “intelligent machines”.. 11

Two main thesis about the possible origin of BASIC ENGLISH: 0 Linguistic standardization because of the rise of totalitarian regimes (ex. France and Russia) in order to have a better control over the nation. 0 Attempt to create a universal practical language influenced by Pragmatism, Positivism and Utilitarism.. 12

CONCLUSION 0 Nowadays, technology could make this universal language a reality. But in other countries like Japan, an opposite phenomenon is beginning to develop. The wider the use of English as a common language spreads, the more forms of altered English come to life as a response to the need of having a personal language understandable only by a small group of people. 13

To preserve his supremacy, English will have to carry out a policy against balkanization.. WILL INTERNET OR HACKERS PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN? 14

. DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF ALTERED FORM OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD? 15

. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMATIC LINGUISTIC ZONES? 16

. In Albany, Kadaré has played a significant role in defending the purity of his mother tongue. In Italy, HAVE SOMEONE EVER PLAYED A SIMILAR ROLE? 17

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 18