TY - THES ID - 136840192 TI - Catulle Galant? Analysis of the Cultural Transfer of the Life and Works of Catullus in Les Amours de Catulle (1680) AU - Schils, France AU - Vanacker, Beatrijs AU - Taylor, Helena AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Letteren. Opleiding Master in de westerse literatuur (Leuven) PY - 2022 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Letteren DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136840192 AB - This dissertation aims to investigate why and to what extent Jean de La Chapelle adheres to the requirements of French taste in 'Les Amours de Catulle'. The work, published in 1680, consists of a frame narrative in prose and French versions of a selection of poems by Gaius Valerius Catullus in verse. The thesis argues that neither the fidelity of the translations to the original nor the accuracy of the representation of the source culture should serve as a starting point for research. In the context of the translation culture that dominated seventeenth-century France, the translator is not a copyist and his translation is not a slavish and purely linguistic imitation of a sacred original. Through the paradigm of (translation as) cultural transfer, the changes that the translator makes when transferring the text from the source culture to the target culture are examined. A literary work is a reflection of the culture in which it was created, and when the translator attempts to meet the needs of his audience, he will have to adapt the representation of that culture in order to reflect, in his own work, the norms that prevail in the receiving context. La Chapelle's work will be contextualised and analysed within its culture, that of gallantry in the Grand Siècle. Both the culture of translation and the literary values and preferences of social circles will be examined, as will the life and work of Catullus, before a close reading of 'Les Amours de Catulle' is offered. La Chapelle seems to adapt the poems and Roman culture to the expectations of his gallant audience, creating a construction of the Rome in which Catullus lives, that is imbued with seventeenth-century ideals. This construction, where Antiquity meets gallant France, offers us - rather than a glimpse of the original Roman culture - a glimpse of how seventeenth-century good society sees itself and asserts itself. ER -