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Aesthetic value in literary translation : Kahlil Gibran’s the prophet as a case study
Author
Source
al-Ishʻāʻ fī al-Lisāniyyāt wa-al-Tarjamah
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.51-64, 14 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The preservation of the aesthetic value of literary works especially poetry remains the main difficulty that translators face.
Literary translation is in fact very challenging.
The study compares three translations, two in Arabic and one in French, of Kahlil Gibran’s the Prophet which is a wonderful book of poetry originally published in English in 1923 and translated into more forty languages.
The purpose of this study is to see to what extent those translations have managed to assert and preserve the artistic essence of the original text.
Besides, the study has examined the main strategies used in those translations.
The data are drawn from some passages of those translations.
Relying on the structuralist approach, the study revealed that all the translations have succeeded in a way or another in maintaining the aesthetic value of the source text with much more superiority of one translation characterized mainly by being more creative.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Khatibi, Murad. 2014. Aesthetic value in literary translation : Kahlil Gibran’s the prophet as a case study. al-Ishʻāʻ fī al-Lisāniyyāt wa-al-Tarjamah،Vol. 2014, no. 2, pp.51-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982430
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Khatibi, Murad. Aesthetic value in literary translation : Kahlil Gibran’s the prophet as a case study. al-Ishʻāʻ fī al-Lisāniyyāt wa-al-Tarjamah No. 2 (Dec. 2014), pp.51-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982430
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Khatibi, Murad. Aesthetic value in literary translation : Kahlil Gibran’s the prophet as a case study. al-Ishʻāʻ fī al-Lisāniyyāt wa-al-Tarjamah. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2, pp.51-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982430
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 64
Record ID
BIM-982430