Le discours de genre dans les choix traductifs : Quelques remarques sur la scène « Les adieux d’Hector et d’Andromaque » dans l’Iliade.

The purpose of this study is to show that the translation of a classical text into a modern language can reproduce, consciously or unconsciously, gender stereotypes. We rely on the book VI of the Iliad, and particularly on the famous scene between Andromache and Hector, and we make a linear comparison between the Greek text and the translation of four scholarly editions in French. From this textual comparison, we attempt to show that the modern  translation offers the opportunity to reconsider the cultural and social norms of the epic text and to adapt  them to the contemporary perspectives on the gender discourse.

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ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
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2026-01-08
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Le discours de genre dans les choix traductifs : Quelques remarques sur la scène « Les adieux d’Hector et d’Andromaque » dans l’Iliade.

Georgia Kolovou
ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Classical Antiquity Studies
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Le discours de genre dans les choix traductifs : Quelques remarques sur la scène « Les adieux d’Hector et d’Andromaque » dans l’Iliade.

Georgia Kolovou
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The purpose of this study is to show that the translation of a classical text into a modern language can reproduce, consciously or unconsciously, gender stereotypes. We rely on the book VI of the Iliad, and particularly on the famous scene between Andromache and Hector, and we make a linear comparison between the Greek text and the translation of four scholarly editions in French. From this textual comparison, we attempt to show that the modern  translation offers the opportunity to reconsider the cultural and social norms of the epic text and to adapt  them to the contemporary perspectives on the gender discourse.

ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Université Paris Nanterre (FR)
Gender equality
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Classical Antiquity Studies
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