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For background’s sake, this chapter of the thesis provides a general overview of the two selected Francophone African authors and their respective selected texts, whose styles serve as a case study in the present research, relying on prior studies.
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In this chapter, I will be analyzing the data collected from Mariama Bâ’s Une si longue lettre and Cheikh Kane’s L’Aventure ambiguë and their respective translations. I will give specific examples of elements of style and their translations within the chosen excerpts, followed by their analysis, from both novels.
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Abstract: In the current thesis, I investigate how translation addresses authorial style and what distinct translational practices of meaning-making are revealed by a focus on style. African literature often employs linguistically and socioculturally nuanced stylistic figures within Western languages, like French and English (among others). This poses certain difficulties in the translation process.
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David Achodo 