Abstract

ZUCCHI, Mariano. MEANINGS OF THE WORD "SEAGULL" IN THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF CHEKHOV´S PLAYS. perifrasis. rev.lit.teor.crit. [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.14, pp.39-51. ISSN 2145-8987.

The traditional theatrical studies usually consider that the word "seagull" in the translation of the homonymous Chechov's play has a symbolical value. However, this paper will try to identify other possible meanings in Spanish applying a polyphonic-argumentative perspective. Using the Theory of the polyphony (Ducrot 1984) and the Theory of the semantic blocks (Carel y Ducrot 2005) as a framework, it will be seen that the text recalls two different meanings: "seagull PT freedom" and "seagull PT madness". At the same time, the coexistence of this two semantic blocks reproduce the con-trast between the "youth" and of the "elder" present in the play.

Keywords : seagull; Chechov; meaning; polyphony; argument.

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