Peeter Torop ( est. Peeter Torop ; born November 28, 1950 , Tallinn ) is an Estonian literary critic , cultural scientist , semiotics . The representative of the Tartusko-Moscow semiotic school .
He collaborated with Yu. M. Lotman in the process of publishing the anthology “ Works on Sign Systems ” (he was a member of the editorial board). His article "Simultaneity and Dialogism in Dostoevsky's Poetics" ( 1984 , issue XVII, pp. 138-158) is of scientific importance, in which he formulated the theory of three chronotopes of a literary work - "topographic", "psychological" and "metaphysical" (the provisions of this the articles are reflected in the publication “Materials to the Dictionary of Terminology of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School” [1] , Tartu, 1999 ).
In 1995, the monograph “Total Translation” was published in the University of Tartu publishing house, which summarized Torop's many years of research in the field of translation studies. In 2000, its Italian translation was published in Modena (Torop P. La traduzione totale. Modena: Guaraldi - Logos, 2000; 2nd ed. - 2010 ) [2] .
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- Profile on the official website of the University of Tartu
- P. Torop. Tartu school as a school // Lotman collection. Issue 1. - M., 1995. - p. 223–239.
- Peeter Torop: A good translation is when the reader is comfortable.