Translation and tradition: the translator as mediator between two literary systems

• Autores: Rosanna Rion
• Localización: Coolabah, ISSN-e 1988-5946, Nº. 3, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Perspectives: Myth, History and Memory), págs. 164-169
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper discusses the impact of translation on literary traditions and the sociological elements which contribute to the shift of the canon. The effort of translation to enlarge and enrich a literary system makes it a powerful tool for the introduction of new aesthetics and trends as well as the ideology implied in them. A translation of a literary work is, in fact, a criticism of that work, a point of view on the author and the text. Poggioli’s idea that translation is an interpretative art, like music, half way between reproduction or craft and a complete original creation is vital for this approach.