Literatura e imagen del cómic: Laura Pérez Vernetti-Blina

En esta tesis, a partir del estudio de la obra de Laura Pérez Vernetti, objeto de estudio, pretendo ofrecer una reflexión metodológica y crítica sobre el cómic española de proyección internacional en Europa y en el mundo, que nos conduzca a calibrar mejor el lugar que ocupa hoy en el ámbito internacional. Contexto histórico en el que se centra la metodología de esta tesis, situando esta metodología para enmarcar a Laura. Desde esta perspectiva de proyección internacional, ha sido de mi interés, seguir, para este análisis, varios períodos en los que se insertan tres grupos generacionales que nos han conducido hasta unos autores relevantes que han alcanzado categoría mundial, entre los que se encuentra Laura. La reflexión llevada a cabo abarca tanto los fenómenos ligados a la industria del cómic, como sus vinculaciones al arte y a la experimentación a la que se adscribe la obra de la dibujante Laura. Asimismo, pretendo valorar cúal ha sido su contribución a la historieta del cómic mundial partiendo del postulado del cómic como arte. Situando a Laura Pérez Vernetti-Blina dentro de esta evolución de las mentalidades. La evolución a la que asistimos ahora, hace que se estudie el cómic como arte, por eso los estudios han pasado de la semiología a la integración en una historia de las artes: de una aproximación semiológica a una aproximación estética. Cómic como arte. Y dentro de esta tendencia Laura presentaba una obra original para la investigación. Por eso su obra es tan singular y digna de interés. Pero antes, de estos objetivos, trazamos antes el perfil de dos autoras como precursoras de un cómic, Núria Pompeia e Isa Feu, de justa introducción a Laura, y más allá de éstas, una mirada retrospectiva a los años 30, una generación de dibujantes que se vieron limitadas a un tipo de cómic dirigido. Mi contribución en este estudio, al conocimiento de la autora, una de las más importantes del cómic español y una autora esencial de la nueva historieta española de la década de los ochenta. Partiendo del concepto de graphic novel asociada a cómic adulto, a la historieta de autor, para poder hablar de la nueva historieta española en la creación contemporánea. Partiendo de que el cómic es un medio de expresión gráfica eminentemente narrativo. La misma naturaleza fundamentalmente narrativa de la imagen secuencial la capacita para representar el tiempo y por lo tanto es idónea para la narración (cómic y cine). No podemos más que aseverar, que desde fines del siglo pasado y en los primeros años del nuevo siglo, se ha producido un salto cualitativo en la dedicación a la investigación de estos estudios. Mientras tanto, la labor del investigador en el ámbito del cómic puede y debe abrir horizontes continuados, con estudios pertinentes que nos conduzcan a reflexiones nuevas sobre esta manifestación artística de carácter “complejo”, como es el cómic, mediante el estudio y análisis de los autores, que se sirven de este medio para expresar sus inquietudes artísticas. No he tenido más pretensión en esta investigación, que proporcionar una contribución al conocimiento de la autora y al cómic en general. Valorando la aportación al conocimiento de la historieta, que abra horizontes nuevos, para las futuras investigaciones.

Il discorso goloso. La gastronomia italiana in Russia

Il presente elaborato si propone di esaminare il discorso goloso e i generi che ne fanno parte: i menù, le ricette, le schede di prodotti, le pubblicità e i frammenti gastronomici in testi narrativi. Per ogni genere verrà spiegato il suo ruolo nella società italiana e russa, le somiglianze e differenze e le loro principali caratteristiche. Verranno, inoltre, proposte delle traduzioni dall’italiano al russo, ognuna diversa e contenente svariati spunti di riflessione. Per due dei cinque generi affrontati (i menù e le schede del prodotto), la candidata ha anche eseguito dei test statistici per provare delle sue ipotesi riguardanti i suddetti generi, la loro traduzione verso il russo o caratteristiche della lingua in generale.

Epos orale russo tra oralità e scrittura: problemi e proposte di traduzione

In the present thesis, I discuss the role of orality in translation, taking into account the problems arising while translating Russian folk epics. I investigate the meaning of orality in the context of folkloristic translation, trying to define a concept of oral poetry, and exploring its consequences for translation. In the first chapter, I try to identify the main differences between written literature and oral modes of expression, with special reference to folklore. Oral verbal art is performed, sung or recited, and based on a vital and dynamic interrelation between kinesics, sound, speech and gestures. According to Muhawi (2006), performance provides an interpretive frame enabling a correct interpretation of the message conveyed beyond the literal meaning. Transposing certain performance elements into print is one of the most controversial problems in folklore studies. However, formulas and formal stylistic devices may be rendered in transcription, building a bridge between oral and written elements. In the translation of oral poetry in transcription, this interconnection between orality and literacy might be emphasized, thus creating a hybrid dimension where oral and literary features coexist. In the second chapter, I introduce and describe the genre of Russian folk epics, transmitted orally, and transcribed between the 19th and 20th centuries, from a historical, linguistic and stylistic point of view. In the third and fourth chapters, I explore the issue of translation of Russian oral poetry. I first analyse existing Italian translations of Russian epics, and then present and discuss my own translation, based on a philological, scholarly approach. Thus, in my translation, which is followed by a rich commentary, I try to focus on the rendering of formulas as one of the most relevant aspects of Russian epics. At the same time, oral devices combine with literary features, thus creating a sort of frozen orality.

Proposta di traduzione di testo scientifico: affinità e differenze aspettuali tra il russo e l'ucraino

В последние десятилетия появился целый ряд работ, посвященных самым различным проблемам аспектологии, однако сопоставительная аспектология русского и украинского языков до сих пор остается недостаточно изученной. В частности, среди работ итальянских лингвистов достаточно трудно найти исследования, посвященные этой проблеме (как и другим проблемам сопоставительной грамматики русского и украинского языков). Настоящая дипломная работа представляет собой перевод нескольких страниц монографии «Сопоставительная грамматика русского и украинского языков», написанной коллективом авторов и опубликованной издательством «Наукова думка» в Киеве в 2003 г. К этому переводу нами был сделан комментарий, в котором мы кратко охарактеризовали различные подходы к проблеме аспектности глагола в русском и украинском языках, продемонстрировали сходство и различие в понимании учеными аспектности и главных её компонентов: категории глагольного вида и способа действия, уделили внимание терминологии и теории аспектности, в частности, проследили, как исследуется оппозиция глагольного вида в узком смысле (Aspekt) способу действия глагола (Aktionsart); рассмотрели, как изучаются темы предела и предельности; отметили некоторые расхождения во взглядах на способы перфективации и имперфективации; наконец, мы указали, каким образом исследователи определяют влияние вида на образование и функционирование форм глагольного наклонения и времени, а именно - повелительного наклонения, давнопрошедшего времени, будущего времени, причастия и деепричастия.

Lingua della moda: Proposta di traduzione tecnico-scientifica dall'italiano al russo

Fashion is a mighty social phenomenon, therefore its linguistic representation, like many other aspects, serves as an opportunity to study the bonds between two languages. The first chapter of this thesis examines both the technical jargon of dress makers and the richer, more creative language used in glossy magazines, in an attempt to determine whether the language of fashion should be considered a language for specific purpose (LSP) or not. The second chapter provides a theoretical framework for translating a technical text and contributions of different scholars are taken into account. The third chapter delves deeper into the core of the work, the technical translation itself. It analyses the different strategies, the translation transformations, that proved to be necessary in the transition from Italian into Russian. Since the lexicon of special languages is their most obvious distinguishing characteristic, the commentary focuses on what are considered the most effective ways of enriching the Russian vocabulary of fashion, international words, calques and loanwords, especially form English and French. Overall, this influence has greatly accelerated in the last past decades because of dramatic changes in society and economy.

Kobane Calling: proposta di traduzione verso l'inglese del fumetto di Zerocalcare

Proposta di traduzione dall'italiano all'inglese della recente pubblicazione a fumetti "Kobane Calling", di Zerocalcare. Tavole e commento accademico.

Humour e traduzione multimediale: analisi e proposta di sottotitolaggio del talk show russo Večernij Urgant

Obiettivo di questo progetto è stato la traduzione dello humour nei prodotti audiovisivi, attraverso il sottotitolaggio in italiano di una puntata del talk-show russo “Večernij Urgant”. Il primo capitolo è dedicato alla descrizione dei generi televisivi, in particolare del macrogenere dell’intrattenimento, alle teorie sulla traduzione dello humour nei testi audiovisivi e alle tecniche di analisi e classifica degli elementi umoristici. Nel secondo capitolo viene presentato il format e la struttura del talk-show, la puntata scelta, la numero 403 trasmessa il 12.12.2014, e la proposta di sottotitolaggio. Il terzo e ultimo capitolo riguarda l’analisi e il commento della proposta di sottotitolaggio, le principali difficoltà di traduzione dello humour e le strategie utilizzate per risolverle.

Il racconto russo contemporaneo: Cuvstvo viny di aleksandr snegir?v. Proposta di traduzione.

В начале этой диссертации я решила изучить фигуру русского современного писателя и трудности, с которыми он сталкивался в былые и последнее время. Его путь не был лёгким потому что, исторические и культурные перемены и решении государства, которое всегда старалось его контролировать, очень повлияли на работу русского писателя. Потом, я представила автора книги, которую я переводила и, в частности, я подчеркнула такие детали его стиля, которые его характеризуют как современного русского писателя, не принадлежащего ни к какому литературному течению. Центром моего анализа книги Снегирёва личная точка зрения автора о современности и об ощущениях каждого персонажа, встречающего перемену в своей жизни. Затем, я проанализировала фигуру переводчика, который должен всегда решить как поступить с разными трудностями оригинального текста. Для того, чтобы правильно переводить, это необходимо, чтобы переводчик принял во внимание не только функцию, контекст и стиль текста, который он должен переводить, но он также должен изучить теории важных переводчиков и критиков, которые могут ему помочь и представляют для него точку отсчёта для будущих переводческих решений. Переводчик должен пропустить всю эту информацию через фильтр своего сознания. Я также включила в эту диссертацию главу о биографии автора и его библиографию автора и часть интервью со Снегирёвым, которое происходило в Москве в мае 2015 года. Этот опыт мне позволил принимать более осмысленные решения, когда я переводила книгу Чувство вины, потому что я лучше поняла и автор и его точку зрения о его работе. После этой главы, я включила в эту диссертацию комментарии к моему переводу, где я привела примеры трудностей и характеристик текста и разные приемы, которые я использовала для того, чтобы разрешить мои сомнения в переводе некоторых частей книги. В заключении я написала главу, в которой я сделала выводы о моей работе по поводу перевода этой книги. В приложение я включила свой перевод на итальянский книги Снегирёва.

Novaja drama e Teatr Praktika: uno sguardo al teatro russo contemporaneo. Proposta di traduzione della piéce di Natalija Mošina "Žara"

Questa tesi si pone come scopo quello di studiare la scena teatrale contemporanea russa, utilizzando come pretesto la traduzione della piéce “Žara” dell’autrice Natalija Mošina. Mošina fa parte del movimento teatrale chiamato ‘novaja drama’, che si è sviluppato in Russia a partire da fine anni Novanta. Nel primo capitolo tratteremo brevemente la storia del teatro russo del Novecento, per osservare come si è giunti alla formazione di questo nuovo movimento. Passeremo poi ad analizzare il movimento vero e proprio, concentrandoci sulle posizioni artistiche dei suoi membri e sul tipo di innovazione che vogliono portare al teatro russo. Proporremo poi una selezione dei luoghi che rinnovano la scena teatrale moscovita. Il secondo capitolo è interamente dedicato ad uno di questi luoghi, il Teatr Praktika, primo teatro statale ad occuparsi esclusivamente di testi contemporanei, di cui vedremo la storia dalla sua fondazione ai giorni nostri e analizzeremo il repertorio vedendo come gli spettacoli messi qui in scena riflettano le posizioni del novaja drama. Nel capitolo conclusivo parleremo più approfonditamente della pièce da noi tradotta vedendo come si colloca all’interno della produzione dell’autrice e del novaja drama, analizzandone la messa in scena al Praktika. Proporremo poi delle riflessioni sulla traduzione di testi teatrali facendo riferimento alla traduzione da noi svolta, che proporremo di seguito.

Sleza Čempionki: lacrime di una campionessa. Proposta di traduzione dal russo di un capitolo dell'autobiografia di Irina Rodnina

Questo elaborato si occupa di tradurre e commentare un capitolo dell'autobiografia di una delle più grandi pattinatrici di sempre, Irina Rodnina. Nella prima parte si fornisce un'introduzione al mondo del pattinaggio di figura e un quadro del contesto storico-politico della narrazione. La seconda parte contiene la presentazione dell'opera e dell'autrice, mentre la terza la proposta di traduzione. La quarte e ultima parte si occupa di analizzare e commentare le problematiche sorte durante il processo traduttivo.

La figura del Biaban-guli nel folklore russo - Proposta di traduzione del racconto di Konstantin Alekseevič Satunin

Questo elaborato ha come scopo quello di rendere nota una misteriosa figura appartenente al folklore russo, il Biaban-guli, presentata dallo zoologo Konstantin Alekseevič Satunin nel suo racconto. All'interno dell'elaborato verranno inizialmente approfondite le caratteristiche non solo di questa creatura, ma anche di esseri fantastici simili e appartenenti ad altre culture; successivamente verrà presentata la proposta di traduzione del racconto corredata dell'analisi delle sue difficoltà traduttive.

Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index.

The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P<0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P<0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity.

A framework for graphic description in book design

This project is concerned with the way that illustrations, photographs, diagrams and graphs, and typographic elements interact to convey ideas on the book page. A framework for graphic description is proposed to elucidate this graphic language of ‘complex texts’. The model is built up from three main areas of study, with reference to a corpus of contemporary children’s science books. First, a historical survey puts the subjects for study in context. Then a multidisciplinary discussion of graphic communication provides a theoretical underpinning for the model; this leads to various proposals, such as the central importance of ratios and relationships among parts in creating meaning in graphic communication. Lastly a series of trials in description contribute to the structure of the model itself. At the heart of the framework is an organising principle that integrates descriptive models from fields of design, literary criticism, art history, and linguistics, among others, as well as novel categories designed specifically for book design. Broadly, design features are described in terms of elemental component parts (micro-level), larger groupings of these (macro-level), and finally in terms of overarching, ‘whole book’ qualities (meta-level). Various features of book design emerge at different levels; for instance, the presence of nested discursive structures, a form of graphic recursion in editorial design, is proposed at the macro-level. Across these three levels are the intersecting categories of ‘rule’ and ‘context’, offering different perspectives with which to describe graphic characteristics. Contextbased features are contingent on social and cultural environment, the reader’s previous knowledge, and the actual conditions of reading; rule-based features relate to the systematic or codified aspects of graphic language. The model aims to be a frame of reference for graphic description, of use in different forms of qualitative or quantitative research and as a heuristic tool in practice and teaching.

A Novel Pathway for Inducible Nitric-oxide Synthase Activation through Inflammasomes

Innate immune recognition of flagellin is shared by transmembrane TLR5 and cytosolic Nlrc4 (NOD-like receptor family CARD (caspase activation recruitment domain) domain containing 4)/Naip5 (neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein 5). TLR5 activates inflammatory genes through MYD88 pathway, whereas Nlrc4 and Naip5 assemble multiprotein complexes called inflammasomes, culminating in caspase-1 activation, IL-1 beta/IL-18 secretion, and pyroptosis. Although both TLR5 and Naip5/Nlrc4 pathways cooperate to clear infections, little is known about the relative anti-pathogen effector mechanisms operating through each of them. Here we show that the cytosolic flagellin (FLA-BSDot) was able to activate iNOS, an enzyme previously associated with TLR5 pathway. Using Nlrc4- or Naip5-deficient macrophages, we found that both receptors are involved in iNOS activation by FLA-BSDot. Moreover, distinct from extracellular flagellin (FLA-BS), iNOS activation by intracellular flagellin is completely abrogated in the absence of caspase-1. Interestingly, IL-1 beta and IL-18 do not seem to be important for FLA-BSDot-mediated iNOS production. Together, our data defined an additional anti-pathogen effector mechanism operated through Naip5 and Nlrc4 inflammasomes and illustrated a novel signaling transduction pathway that activates iNOS.

Creazione e sviluppo di corpora multimediali. Nuove metodologie di ricerca nella traduzione audiovisiva

The construction and use of multimedia corpora has been advocated for a while in the literature as one of the expected future application fields of Corpus Linguistics. This research project represents a pioneering experience aimed at applying a data-driven methodology to the study of the field of AVT, similarly to what has been done in the last few decades in the macro-field of Translation Studies. This research was based on the experience of Forlixt 1, the Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation, developed at the University of Bologna’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Culture. As a matter of fact, in order to quantify strategies of linguistic transfer of an AV product, we need to take into consideration not only the linguistic aspect of such a product but all the meaning-making resources deployed in the filmic text. Provided that one major benefit of Forlixt 1 is the combination of audiovisual and textual data, this corpus allows the user to access primary data for scientific investigation, and thus no longer rely on pre-processed material such as traditional annotated transcriptions. Based on this rationale, the first chapter of the thesis sets out to illustrate the state of the art of research in the disciplinary fields involved. The primary objective was to underline the main repercussions on multimedia texts resulting from the interaction of a double support, audio and video, and, accordingly, on procedures, means, and methods adopted in their translation. By drawing on previous research in semiotics and film studies, the relevant codes at work in visual and acoustic channels were outlined. Subsequently, we concentrated on the analysis of the verbal component and on the peculiar characteristics of filmic orality as opposed to spontaneous dialogic production. In the second part, an overview of the main AVT modalities was presented (dubbing, voice-over, interlinguistic and intra-linguistic subtitling, audio-description, etc.) in order to define the different technologies, processes and professional qualifications that this umbrella term presently includes. The second chapter focuses diachronically on various theories’ contribution to the application of Corpus Linguistics’ methods and tools to the field of Translation Studies (i.e. Descriptive Translation Studies, Polysystem Theory). In particular, we discussed how the use of corpora can favourably help reduce the gap existing between qualitative and quantitative approaches. Subsequently, we reviewed the tools traditionally employed by Corpus Linguistics in regard to the construction of traditional “written language” corpora, to assess whether and how they can be adapted to meet the needs of multimedia corpora. In particular, we reviewed existing speech and spoken corpora, as well as multimedia corpora specifically designed to investigate Translation. The third chapter reviews Forlixt 1's main developing steps, from a technical (IT design principles, data query functions) and methodological point of view, by laying down extensive scientific foundations for the annotation methods adopted, which presently encompass categories of pragmatic, sociolinguistic, linguacultural and semiotic nature. Finally, we described the main query tools (free search, guided search, advanced search and combined search) and the main intended uses of the database in a pedagogical perspective. The fourth chapter lists specific compilation criteria retained, as well as statistics of the two sub-corpora, by presenting data broken down by language pair (French-Italian and German-Italian) and genre (cinema’s comedies, television’s soapoperas and crime series). Next, we concentrated on the discussion of the results obtained from the analysis of summary tables reporting the frequency of categories applied to the French-Italian sub-corpus. The detailed observation of the distribution of categories identified in the original and dubbed corpus allowed us to empirically confirm some of the theories put forward in the literature and notably concerning the nature of the filmic text, the dubbing process and Italian dubbed language’s features. This was possible by looking into some of the most problematic aspects, like the rendering of socio-linguistic variation. The corpus equally allowed us to consider so far neglected aspects, such as pragmatic, prosodic, kinetic, facial, and semiotic elements, and their combination. At the end of this first exploration, some specific observations concerning possible macrotranslation trends were made for each type of sub-genre considered (cinematic and TV genre). On the grounds of this first quantitative investigation, the fifth chapter intended to further examine data, by applying ad hoc models of analysis. Given the virtually infinite number of combinations of categories adopted, and of the latter with searchable textual units, three possible qualitative and quantitative methods were designed, each of which was to concentrate on a particular translation dimension of the filmic text. The first one was the cultural dimension, which specifically focused on the rendering of selected cultural references and on the investigation of recurrent translation choices and strategies justified on the basis of the occurrence of specific clusters of categories. The second analysis was conducted on the linguistic dimension by exploring the occurrence of phrasal verbs in the Italian dubbed corpus and by ascertaining the influence on the adoption of related translation strategies of possible semiotic traits, such as gestures and facial expressions. Finally, the main aim of the third study was to verify whether, under which circumstances, and through which modality, graphic and iconic elements were translated into Italian from an original corpus of both German and French films. After having reviewed the main translation techniques at work, an exhaustive account of possible causes for their non-translation was equally provided. By way of conclusion, the discussion of results obtained from the distribution of annotation categories on the French-Italian corpus, as well as the application of specific models of analysis allowed us to underline possible advantages and drawbacks related to the adoption of a corpus-based approach to AVT studies. Even though possible updating and improvement were proposed in order to help solve some of the problems identified, it is argued that the added value of Forlixt 1 lies ultimately in having created a valuable instrument, allowing to carry out empirically-sound contrastive studies that may be usefully replicated on different language pairs and several types of multimedia texts. Furthermore, multimedia corpora can also play a crucial role in L2 and translation teaching, two disciplines in which their use still lacks systematic investigation.