Representation and translation of camp talk in Almodóvar’s films: a case study of Bad education and I’m so excited!
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Camp talk, Almodóvar, Bad Education, I’m So Excited!, Subtitling, IdentityAbstract
This article deals with Keith Harvey’s study on Camp talk and itsapplications in the field of Translation. As the author describes, camp discourse is built through different underlying semiotic strategies which are able to shape the identity of a specific community of speakers. Consequently, and according to Harvey, it is possible to uncover a uniform discourse pattern which identifies an entire group through the use of certain linguistic features. Starting from the descriptive framework put forward by Harvey, this work will analyze the strategies used in Spanish and in the English subtitled version of two of the films with a more pronounced camp esthetics by film director Pedro Almodóvar (Bad Education, I’m So Excited!), in an attempt to verify the usefulness and pertinence of camp talk in shap-ing a specific identity.Downloads
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