Contra Instrumentalism

<strong>Jan Steyn is a scholar of world literature and translation studies. He teaches in the MFA in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.</strong>

Jan Steyn

Showdown at the Translation Saloon: On Lawrence Venuti’s “Contra Instrumentalism: A Translation Polemic”

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

Jan Steyn is a scholar of world literature and translation studies. He teaches in the MFA in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.