'Maria la mosca' by the Spanish playwright Miguel Sierra: A translation with critical introduction.

摘要

This dissertation is a translation and critical study of the play Maria la mosca by the Spanish playwright Miguel Sierra. The study is subdivided into three parts. The first provides an introduction to Sierra's career and work. It identifies the playwright as one who wrote and produced his work in the new democratic Spain that emerged after the death of Franco. With the exception of one musical comedy, Sierra wrote in the tradition of social realism, exemplified by playwrights such as Buero Vallejo and Sastre in the early part of their careers. Sierra's work is distinguished by its extensive use of humor, which he very often employs in the service of social satire. The second section of the study examines in depth Maria la mosca, a play that provides a graphic portrait of the world of prostitution in Barcelona during the early 1960s. The third and final section discusses some of translation theory's major issues (such as equivalence, cultural translation and fidelity) and the translator's application of them to the presented translation.