Cahiers de Traduction
Volume 29, Numéro 1, Pages 176-191
2024-01-20

The Literary Monologue A Psychoanalytical Approach To Understand The Original Text And To Discuss Its Translation

Authors : Ferrag Faris .

Abstract

One of the common literary devices in a literary text is the Monologue, this latter tend to present the sought meaning via an internal speech, in order to explore the undiscovered part of human personality that is not subject to ordinary rules of writing, this article aim to emphasize on the role played by this type of literary device and its influence as well as its utility in enforcing both explicit and implicit messages contained in the literary text, Thus, we will not assess only the function that internal monologue plays in narration from a literary perspective. But also the problems that can occur when the translator is about to transfer this type of text to a target language. Finally, we will focus on the use of psychoanalysis to understand the choices made by translators.

Keywords

Literary Device ; Monologue ; Psychological Analysis ; Literary Translation