Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1914 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ibsen in English
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The idea
A Doll's House was written in Norwegian and is read here in translation. Prose drama survives translation better than verse does, because there is no metre or rhyme to lose. What remains at risk is register: how formal or how blunt a character sounds.
In practice
Prose drama travels better.
Where people slip
Register is what is at risk.
Your place on the trail
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