Ideology and resistance in the translated Arabic literature : the discourse of orientalism and counter-orientalism

Abstract EN

During the 20th century, studies of translation adapted a linguistic approach to translation that considers translation as primarily or exclusively an operation applied in language in which linguists J.

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Catford, Eugene A.

Nida, Peter Newmark, and Basil Hatim emphasize the priority of formalist aspects in translation.

In the late of twentieth century, this linguistic approach is followed by “cultural turn”, a new approach to translation pioneered by Bassnett Susan and Lefevere André.

This approach draws attention to issues that are beyond equivalence and fidelity namely history, culture, and ideology.

Therefore, cultural studies, feminism, post-colonialism and Orientalism have offered new perspectives to translation studies.

Arabic literature among other world literatures is often translated into foreign languages.

The main motive behind the translation of the Arabic text into English differs from one translation to the other.

This paper addresses the issue of whether translation, in postcolonial discourse, can be considered as a perpetuation of western orientalism or is it a counter-orientalist strategy to help in re-shaping the western readers' perception of the Orient/ Ar