Mona Baker is Professor Emerita of Translation Studies at the University of Manchester, UK, and Director of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, China (www.jiaotongbakercentre.org). She is Founding Vice President of the International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS, 2004–2015) and author/editor of several leading titles in translation studies, including In Other Words (Routledge 3e 2018) and co-editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (Routledge, 2e, 2008)

• ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction to the Classic Edition Introduction Translation, power, conflict Why narrative? Overview of Chapters Introducing narrative theory2.1 The status and effects of narrativity2.2 Defining narrative2.3 The political import of narratives A typology of narrative3.1 Ontological narratives3.2 Public narratives3.3 Conceptual (disciplinary) narratives3.4 Meta- (master) narratives Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity I4.1 Temporality (Bruner’s narrative diachronicity)4.2 Relationality (Hermeneutic composability)4.3 Causal emplotment4.4 Selective appropriation Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity II5.1 Particularity5.2 Genericness5.3 Normativeness/canonicity and breach5.4 Narrative accrual Framing narratives in translation6.1 Framing, frame ambiguity and frame space6.2 Temporal and spatial framing6.3 Selective appropriation of textual material6.4 Framing by labelling6.5 Repositioning of participants Assessing narratives: the narrative paradigm7.1 The narrative paradigm: basic tenets7.2 Coherence (probability)7.3 Fidelity7.4 Assessing narratives: applying the model7.5 Concluding remarksGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Mona Baker is Professor Emerita of Translation Studies at the University of Manchester, UK, and Director of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, China (www.jiaotongbakercentre.org). She is Founding Vice President of the International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS, 2004–2015) and author/editor of several leading titles in translation studies, including In Other Words (Routledge 3e 2018) and co-editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (Routledge, 2e, 2008)

• ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction to the Classic Edition Introduction Translation, power, conflict Why narrative? Overview of Chapters Introducing narrative theory2.1 The status and effects of narrativity2.2 Defining narrative2.3 The political import of narratives A typology of narrative3.1 Ontological narratives3.2 Public narratives3.3 Conceptual (disciplinary) narratives3.4 Meta- (master) narratives Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity I4.1 Temporality (Bruner’s narrative diachronicity)4.2 Relationality (Hermeneutic composability)4.3 Causal emplotment4.4 Selective appropriation Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity II5.1 Particularity5.2 Genericness5.3 Normativeness/canonicity and breach5.4 Narrative accrual Framing narratives in translation6.1 Framing, frame ambiguity and frame space6.2 Temporal and spatial framing6.3 Selective appropriation of textual material6.4 Framing by labelling6.5 Repositioning of participants Assessing narratives: the narrative paradigm7.1 The narrative paradigm: basic tenets7.2 Coherence (probability)7.3 Fidelity7.4 Assessing narratives: applying the model7.5 Concluding remarksGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Mona Baker is Professor Emerita of Translation Studies at the University of Manchester, UK, and Director of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, China (www.jiaotongbakercentre.org). She is Founding Vice President of the International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS, 2004–2015) and author/editor of several leading titles in translation studies, including In Other Words (Routledge 3e 2018) and co-editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (Routledge, 2e, 2008)

• ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction to the Classic Edition Introduction Translation, power, conflict Why narrative? Overview of Chapters Introducing narrative theory2.1 The status and effects of narrativity2.2 Defining narrative2.3 The political import of narratives A typology of narrative3.1 Ontological narratives3.2 Public narratives3.3 Conceptual (disciplinary) narratives3.4 Meta- (master) narratives Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity I4.1 Temporality (Bruner’s narrative diachronicity)4.2 Relationality (Hermeneutic composability)4.3 Causal emplotment4.4 Selective appropriation Understanding how narratives work: features of narrativity II5.1 Particularity5.2 Genericness5.3 Normativeness/canonicity and breach5.4 Narrative accrual Framing narratives in translation6.1 Framing, frame ambiguity and frame space6.2 Temporal and spatial framing6.3 Selective appropriation of textual material6.4 Framing by labelling6.5 Repositioning of participants Assessing narratives: the narrative paradigm7.1 The narrative paradigm: basic tenets7.2 Coherence (probability)7.3 Fidelity7.4 Assessing narratives: applying the model7.5 Concluding remarksGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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