Languacultural Hybridity and Translation : Theorizing Persian Literature’s Transition to English / by Zahra Reyhani Monfared.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monfared, Zahra Reyhani, author.

Series:

TRANSÜD. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens, 2940-9217 ; 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Eastern literature.

Translating and interpreting.

Middle Eastern Literature.

Language Translation.

Local Subjects:

Middle Eastern Literature.

Language Translation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank & Timme GmbH : Imprint: Frank & Timme, 2024.

Summary:

In an increasingly globalised world, the cultures of Orient and Occident are no longer firmly separated. This hybridity is also a part of literature—a concept which needs to be explored in Translation Studies. This study examines its evolution across language, culture, literature, and translation. It introduces a sociolinguistic approach for studying marginalized hybrid texts and their translations into English, focusing on the power dynamics that dichotomize the world into First/Third worlds. The author examines how sociological factors in central societies affect the acceptance and recognition of marginalized literary works within Western literary circles and world literature. The study analyses classical and modern Persian literature. It highlights the double-voicedness in these texts. By illustrating how hybrid elements from Rúmí’s mystical poems and Hidáyat’s surrealistic prose are recreated in their English translations, it elevates the analysis of hybrid elements to a languacultural level.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783732988259

3732988252