»Gud bevares!« – Mythological and Religious Taboos in the Early Translations of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

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Paper givet til konferencen. Abstract:
In Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales we find mythological creatures from Nordic folklore in an otherwise Christian setting. The fairy tales represent a Christian understanding of the world and Christian ethics, but they also occasionally present these ethics in an informal or jovial tone. The prevalence and peculiar representation of God, religion, and Christian themes in the authorship has been a problem for several translators from different cultural contexts over time. From the communist regimes’ censorship of Christian themes to more pious cultures’ “tone policing” concerning religious matters, this paper will examine religion as cause and occasion for redactions of the fairy tales in translation. This will lead on to a discussion of how the consideration of taboo in translations – contrary to expectation – has contributed to a delocalization of the fairy tales, which has increased their world literary potential.

Periode	12. nov. 2022
Begivenhedstitel	Paramyth: The Mythological Dimensions of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Placering	Zürich, SchweizVis på kort
Grad af anerkendelse	International