The transformation of the image of national identity into translation: the case of The Misanthrope by Molière

Document Type : Research Article

Author

• Sedigheh Sherkat Moghadam

Department of French Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/lts.2024.84085.1214

Abstract

Nowadays, translation studies can be used as a tool for analyzing literary texts in the field of imagology. Among literary texts, plays play an important role in presenting the image of the national identity of each country. Molière presented the image of French national identity in the 17th century in her plays.
This research aims to study the transformation of images in the translation of The Misanthrope by Mirzahabibullah Esfahani. For this, we will adapt Ditze's point of view in the field of imagology and Etkind's opinions regarding translation. By analyzing and comparing the images of the source text with those of the target text, we will examine the changes that have occurred. This research shows that the translator modified some images intentionally or not. His translation falls into the categories of translation-approximation and translation-recreation according to Etkind's opinion

Keywords

• Imagology
• Traductology
• The Misanthrope
• Etkind
• Ditze

20.1001.1.22285202.1402.56.4.1.8

Main Subjects

• Translation Studies

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