Translating Rumi into the West: A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond

Libro 35 di 42: Iranian Studies

Sedaghat, Amir

 
9780367744533: Translating Rumi into the West: A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond
ISBN 10: 0367744538 ISBN 13: 9780367744533
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2024

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Focusing on Rumi, the best-selling Persian mystical poet of the 13th century, this book investigates the reception of his work and thought in North America and Europe – and the phenomenon of ‘Rumimania’ – to elucidate the complexities of intercultural communication between the West and the Iranian and Islamic worlds.

Presenting tens of examples from the original and translated texts, the book is a critical analysis of various dimensions of this reception, outlining the difficulties of translating the text but also exploring how translators of various times and languages have performed, and explaining why the quality of reception varies. Topics analysed include the linguistic and pragmatic issues of translation, comparative stylistics and poetics, and non-textual factors like the translator’s beliefs and the political and ideological aspects of translation. Using a broad theoretical framework, the author highlights the difficulties of intercultural communication from linguistic, semiotic, stylistic, poetic, ethical, and sociocultural perspectives. Ultimately, the author shares his reflections on the semiotic specificities of Rumi’s mystical discourse and the ethics of translation generally.

The book will be valuable to scholars and students of Islamic philosophy, Iranian studies, and translation studies, but will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural dichotomies of the West and Islam.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Amir Sedaghat holds a PhD in translation studies and transcultural communication from the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3. He teaches translation at the University of Toronto, Canada. Specialising in semiotics, he focuses his research on intercultural and interreligious relations between the West and the Islamic World.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2024
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367744538
ISBN 13 
9780367744533
Rilegatura
Formato Kindle
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
330
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780367744526: Translating Rumi into the West: A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  036774452X ISBN 13:  9780367744526
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2023
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