Shmiher T. Shmiher T. V. A History of Ukrainian Translation Studies in the 20th Century: Key Issues and Periodization.

The dissertation highlights the main concepts, issues and periods of 20th-century Translation Studies in Ukraine. This is the first exhaustive study of the contributions of Ukrainian researchers to the development of Translation Studies, a many-sided analysis of the topics discussed and of the methods applied. An attempt has also been made at defining Ukrainian Translation Studies and developing criteria for its periodization. The dissertation consists of an introduction, four chapters, conclusions, a list of references and an appendix. Chapter 1 discusses the methods of historiographic study, criteria and periodization of 20th-century Ukrainian Translation Studies and explores translation research in Ukraine during the first decades of the 20th century. The history of Ukrainian Translation Studies surveys the research performed by Ukrainian scholars in and beyond Ukraine covering translation theory, history, criticism and didactics within the framework of the unitary Ukrainian academic tradition. Theconcept of 'Ukrainian scholar' also includes researchers of other nationalities who worked in Ukraine within the same research tradition. It is shown that, on the basis of literary, academic, political, social, cultural, economic criteria, 20th-century Ukrainian Translation Studies can be divided into four periods: 1. The critical and theoretical period (early 20th century up to WW1) is characterized by the search for the foundations of translation theory, its system of terms and its methods of analysis within the general framework of Literary Studies.