Translating landscape: Maria Parr’s Tonje Glimmerdal from an ecocritical perspective
Publication date
2018ISSN
2000-4389
Abstract
The article examines two sets of illustrations of the children’s novel Tonje Glimmerdal (2009) by Norwegian author Maria Parr. The original version in Norwegian, illustrated by Åshild Irgens, and the translation into Spanish, illustrated by Zuzanna Celej, are examined. The aim is to show how the concepts of nature and landscape are modified in the translated version. This analysis illuminates how illustrations have an impact on texts, and how illustrations create new meanings. While the original novel is considered a winter pastoral as young protagonist Tonje lives in the mountains and finds her purpose in life in her homeland valley, Irgens’ illustrations foreground Tonje’s actions, whereas Celej’s work is more focused on the landscape. The different ways in which these two versions of the book depict the winter pastoral, and the image of nature, are analysed from an ecocritical perspective, especially following Carol Glotfelty’s and Greg Garrard’s approaches.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
37 - Education
Keywords
Pastoral
Ecocrítica
Natura
Paisatge
Il·lustració
Literatura infantil
Maria Parr
Tonje Glimmerdal
Åshild Irgens
Zuzanna Celej
Pastoral
Ecocrítica
Naturaleza
Paisaje
Ilustración
Literatura infantil
Maria Parr
Tonje Glimmerdal
Åshild Irgens
Zuzanna Celej
Pastoral
Ecocriticism
Nature
Landscape
Illustration
Children’s literature
Maria Parr
Tonje Glimmerdal
Åshild Irgens
Zuzanna Celej
Pages
17
Publisher
Barnboken: Journal of Children's Literature Research
Collection
41
Is part of
Barnboken: Journal of Children's Literature Research
Citation
Pujol Valls, Maria. Translating landscape: Maria Parr’s Tonje Glimmerdal from an ecocritical perspective. Barnboken: Journal of Children's Literature Research, Barnboken: Journal of Children's Literature Research, 2018, 41. Disponible en: <https://barnboken.net/index.php/clr/article/view/351>. Fecha de acceso: 5 feb. 2024. DOI: 10.14811/clr.v41i0.351
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