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E.M.Forster |A Passage to India |Spanish |English |literary trans-lation |translation studies

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The last novel E. M. Forster published during his lifetime, A Passage to India, appeared in 1924. It was first translated into Spanish thirty years later (1955) and has been retranslated into this language twice (1981 and 2004).The three translations not only appeared at different moments in time,but were also carried out by different translators (J. R. Wilcock, J. L. López Muñoz and J.G.Vásquez) from different Spanish-speaking countries (Argentina, Spain and Colombia) and published by different publishing houses (Argentinian Sur,Spanish Alianza and Folio). This paper analysesthe linguistic variety of the three translations, focusing on two linguistic features that canbe affected by geographical variation within the Spanish language, vocabulary and second person pronouns. Such features reflect the history of the publishing industry in the Spanish-speaking countriesin general and in the publishing history of APassage to Indiain Spanish in particular in a number of ways.

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E.M.Forster |India |The Longest Journey |university |JNU |Jawa-harlal Nehru University |academia

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This paper reads The Longest Journeyto glean the instructiveand to discuss the relevance of E. M. Forster for contemporary India, especially hisimpact on the university. As it explicates the implications of Forster’s writing for the Indian university, many of these instructive foresights from Forster are applicable to the state of the university globally,too, as funding cuts and hiked fees affect universities in the USA, Britain, Japan, and else-where. Forster is prescient with his views on the university, and we can learn from his writings to assess the damage being done to academia by conservative policies.

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Howards End |opera adaptation |libretto |music |Stevens |Shearer

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The author begins by describing her function as an opera librettist adapting a great work of literature, comparing it to that of a voltage transformer channelingand converting the energy of one dynamic, kinetic vehicleto that of another.She goes on to describe in detail her choice of scenes from Forster’sHowards Endand the development of her text for a full-lengthopera Howards End, America,set in the 1950s in Boston, with contemporary sensibilities tailored for an American audience. She accounts the process of working within the constraints of the operatic medium, creating original text for arias, duets and other ensembles, while seeking tomaintain the tone and sensibilities of Forster’s language.Shepays particular attention to the choice she madeto cast the characters of Leonard Bast and his wife as African-American, focusing on issues of race relations, rather than class barriers, as does Forster.Certain creative liberties were necessary in order to streamline the narrative and convey the most essential and compelling aspects of the book.The premiere of the opera will take place at Z Space (Theatre Artaud)in San Franciscolate in February, 2019, a production of San Francisco’s premiere new music ensemble, Earplay.

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E.M.Forster |literature overview |scholarship |scholarly publi-cations |English literature

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The article offers an overview of book-length scholarly studiesin the life and work of E.M.Forster published after the year 2000. Approximately 50 books have been considered;they are mostly books of which Forster, his life, and works are the primary subjects. The books are briefly presented and commented upon. They have been divided here into four sections—Forster’s own writings, memoirs and biographies, monograph studies,and edited collected volumes. The article is supplemented by complete bibliographic information concerning all the discussed books.