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Characterization (i.e., the way a character is lexicogrammatically constructed in a text) introduces and develops the reader’s mental representation of the character. Previous research shows that in fiction various means of characterization have been used to encode the character’s views of the world, the relationship between characters, and the underlying theme of the story. Considering the importance of characterization in fiction, this study aims to find out what effects the translator’s lexicogrammatical choices may have on characterization and the implied reader’s construction of the character. For this purpose, Yi Sang’s Nalgae (Wings) and its three English translations were compared in terms of how the “I”-protagonist is characterized in four key passages of the story. The theoretical framework for this study is transitivity, a Hallidayan system of how experiential meaning is represented in the clause.

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Abstract
 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW
  Transitivity in systemic functional grammar
  Characterization-in-transitivity in translation
  Yi Sang’s Nalgae and character construction
 METHOD
  Translations chosen for analysis
  Focus of analysis
 ANALYSIS
  Extract 1: Protagonist in his dark room
  Extract 2: Protagonist in his wife’s room
  Extract 3: Protagonist on his first outing
  Extract 4: Protagonist on his last outing
 CONCLUDING REMARKS
 REFERENCES

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• LEE SANG BIN [ Professor in the Department of English for International Conferences and Communication, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea. ]

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