THE INTERFACE OF JOURNALISM, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION

                    




 By Tikum Mbah Azonga, PhD
 Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
 School of Arts, Education and Humanities
 Saint Monica University
 Kumba Road, Buea
 South West Region
Cameroon

 



ABSTRACT

Journalism, Literature and Translation are generally viewed as separate disciplines. We approach this paper by examining them as such. However, we go further and study them as they come in contact with each other. Our investigation was motivated by the realization that this three-in-one composition had so far not been subjected to scientific investigation. We therefore decided to put the cards on the table in order to find out what the results would be. We used the Venn diagram to probe the triple bond, with focus on the sets and sub sets that were generated by the configuration. We also used primary sources such as literary works of art, published or broadcast journalistic articles and translated texts in which one of the main methods of investigation was content analysis. We found that when put together, the triple paradigm of Journalism, Literature and Translation revealed inter-related relations that are worthy of note by both researchers and policymakers.We also discovered that in the sense that “affluence” means abundance and “confluence” means team collaboration, the overlapping of the three variables engenders several new entities that go to enrich the formation.

KEY WORDS

Journalism, Communication, Media, Literature, Translation, Language, Interface, Intertextuality, Confluence and Affluence.

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Contact:  The Editor-In-Chief, Prof. Cornelius M. Lambi, Ph.D (Salford), F.R.G.S., F.G.S. (London), F.G.S. (France), F.C.A.S. (Yaounde), Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Buea, Department of Geography, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon. TEL: (237) 69533 1285 EMAIL: lambimc@yahoo.com