Perspectivas de género en la traducción de los poemas de Lucía Sánchez Saornil

The main aim of this research is to provide an analysis of the Italian translation of the poetry of Lucia Sánchez Saornil, the only female author of the Spanish Ultraist movement, combining the theory of poetic translation with gender studies in translation.

The translated poems that I analyze in this article are my own translation of Sánchez Saornil’s work. These translations are still in progress for a future publication. The stated goal is to find a middle way between the radical strategies outlined by the Canadian feminist movement during the Eighties (cf. Diaz- Diocaretz 1985, Hannay 1985 , Chamberlain 1988, 1998 , 1990 Godard, Lotbiniere - Harwod 1991, Von Flotow 1991 1994, 1997, 1998, Simons 1996), and the translation techniques that are required to recreate the features of a poem without betraying the style and aesthetics of the author (cf. Holmes 1969, 1978, Lefevere techniques 1975, Popovic 1976 Beaugrande 1978, Etkind 1982, Raffel 1988).

Moreover, I will analyse the perspectives opened by the great feminist challenge in translation, and the role of literature and translation in the rise of a new sensitivity in the female question.