earticle

영어

Lee, Sung-Yup. (2018). Reception of Translated Picture Books and Peritexts: A Case Study of L’Oizochat and Popopipo, tissu de mensonge. Interpreting and Translation Studies 22(2), 155-177 This article deals with some peritextual elements like titles of series and explanations of work in the translations of picture books in order to figure out why the peritexts are added to the target texts and how they affect their reception. It examines especially two translated picture books: L’Oizochat and Popopipo, tissu de mensonge of a series entitled . As for , the series’ title which is added to the translated picture books gives a new identity to the publications in target culture: it’s not simply a literary picture book but one which aims to develop child’s ability of thinking. Another peritextual element is added: beside the names of authors and illustrators, those of text critics are put on the book covers, which means that the explanations of work written by them are significant. The last new peritext element is the explanations of work. All these peritexts which are absent in the original texts but added in the translated texts make adult mediator teachers, parents, librarians, etc. - find out the type and theme of the translated picture books as easily as possible and help him/her to make child reader think about the themes of the picture books. The addition of the peritextual elements is related to the situation of target culture: it is supposed to result from the Korean educational environment which focuses on philosophical inquiry and critical thinking in the early childhood education program. The addition of the peritexts as like explanations of work can transforme the literary and artistic text into a pedagogical tool.