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abigarramiento narrativo

English translation: narrative mayhem/chaos/confusion, etc.

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Spanish term or phrase:abigarramiento narrativo
English translation:narrative mayhem/chaos/confusion, etc.
Entered by: Kate Major Patience

10:04 May 19, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Ricardo Calero
Spanish term or phrase: abigarramiento narrativo
Este inteligente artista siempre mantiene un equilibrio entre oficio y poética, generando sus propios ceremoniales más allá de la mera literatura o el abigarramiento narrativo.

From a piece praising the work of Ricardo Calero.
Kate Major Patience
Spain
Local time: 17:46
narrative mayhem
Explanation:
or narrative confusion

just a suggestion...

This is a difficult one, without more information. I've had a look at his work on the net, and a lot of it seems to me rather calm, although he does reference Goya's disparates.

Good luck!

Selected response from:

Evans (X)
Local time: 16:46
Grading comment
I went with Gilla's "narrative confusion" in the end, but want to give you all credit for your very helpful suggestions. Thank you! :)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3narrative mayhem
Evans (X)
3 +1narrative snarl up
Noni Gilbert Riley
4narrative complexity
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
4narrative chaos
eski
3narrative crowdedness
Paula Sepúlveda (X)
3jumble of narratives
Tara Orzolek


Discussion entries: 2





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
narrative crowdedness


Explanation:
'Abigarrar' can be used to refer to things that are crowded together or bunched (apretujadas, amontonadas). Hope this helps!

Five years ago, as I walked among the huge canvases in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, I realised how much this cover had also been telling me about the narrative crowdedness of Russian novels and paintings of the era.


    Reference: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/left-with-a-sense-...
Paula Sepúlveda (X)
Spain
Local time: 17:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
jumble of narratives


Explanation:
another option

Recent theories of narrative - Google Books Result
Wallace Martin - 1986 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 242 pages
Just as theorists have been tempted to discover a clear conceptual pattern in the jumble of narratives they work with, so historians have tended to ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0801493552...

USA (cum UK): "Visual arts: Taking pot shots at a media-saturated ...
1 post - 1 author - Last post: Oct 22, 2003
... offers a welcome counterpoint to the jumble of narratives presented elsewhere. Glitches and smudges from newspapers have been isolated and enlarged. ...
www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=46016 - Cached

Tara Orzolek
Local time: 11:46
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
narrative mayhem


Explanation:
or narrative confusion

just a suggestion...

This is a difficult one, without more information. I've had a look at his work on the net, and a lot of it seems to me rather calm, although he does reference Goya's disparates.

Good luck!



Evans (X)
Local time: 16:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 103
Grading comment
I went with Gilla's "narrative confusion" in the end, but want to give you all credit for your very helpful suggestions. Thank you! :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think with the "más allá" they're saying that his work does exactly that- it avoids narrative confusion. His work is at times very closely linked to Goya's, and this exhibition will be part of a bunch of events related to Goya in Aragón, I believe. Saludos, and thanks for the help- "narrative confusion" is very nice.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Ronder: or chaos?
1 hr
  -> Thanks, David. I thought about chaos too, then I decided not to offer too many options! Actually I think "confusion" has the edge.
agree  amendozachisum: agree, although abigarramiento does mean crowded together, I think confusion does reflect better the meaning here
3 hrs
  -> thanks, amendozachisum
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
5 hrs
  -> thanks, Mirtha
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
narrative snarl up


Explanation:
I was thinking of pile up, but then went one step further....

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 17:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael McCann: Yes, agree
19 mins
  -> Thank you
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
narrative complexity


Explanation:
A widely used term in analysis of cultural forms such as literature, film and art. Though maybe you need something stronger- over-complex narratives might work.

Example sentence(s):
  • Your Narrative Complexity theory has a parallel in Naive Complexity in artistic expressions.

    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/22351659/...
    Reference: http://justtv.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/the-perils-of-narrati...
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:46
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
narrative chaos


Explanation:
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/abigarramiento
Saludos,
eski

eski
Mexico
Local time: 09:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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