Volume 3, Issue 9 , December 2014, , Pages 119-141
Abstract
Considering the fact that translation is the primary tool for passing the boundary of a literature and entering the territory of another literature, it is one of the factors that prevent the isolation of different literary genres of a nation and hence, its fall. The present study intends to show the ...
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Considering the fact that translation is the primary tool for passing the boundary of a literature and entering the territory of another literature, it is one of the factors that prevent the isolation of different literary genres of a nation and hence, its fall. The present study intends to show the role of translation on generation and formation of nations' literary relations and show that it plays a significant role even in the comparative literature that is one of the fields related to nations' literature. This paper first points to the types of translation and its position in world literature; then to some of its functions (accuracy and translator's faithfulness in translation, the effect of translated work on the target literature, development of the art of fiction writing in classical and contemporary Persian and Arabic literature, prosperity of translation of realistic and romantic works, expansion of themes, fascinating the readers of destination language to source literature and introducing famous western writers to Persian and Arabic authors of contemporary literature). The researcher, following a descriptive and analytical method, has achieved proper solutions for examining the accuracy of the translation of literary works to compare two literary works with one common or different language.
It is doubtless that all poets and writers throughout history have been influenced by other poets, scholars and writers. All throughout the twentieth century, the French concept of 'comparative literature', given this human phenomenon of influencing others and being influenced by them, has resulted in ...
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It is doubtless that all poets and writers throughout history have been influenced by other poets, scholars and writers. All throughout the twentieth century, the French concept of 'comparative literature', given this human phenomenon of influencing others and being influenced by them, has resulted in extensive and invaluable studiesthat have in the first place attempted to illuminate the part played by French literary men and thinkers in the development of western culture and literature.
An area of inquiry in comparative literature is the study of the ways literary men influence and are influenced by others. Given this key principle of influence– which is the basis of comparative literature in its classical sense – we can assert that a great many of Muslim poets and literary men have been influenced by the words of Imam Ali (PBUH) and have incorporated his words into their poems or writings. Sa'di is one such great literary man. He has been inspired by the profound themes of Quranic verses, prophetic traditions, Arabic literature as well as the lofty views of Imam Ali (PBUH) and has merged all these with his amazing genius and sparkling wit to create universal elevated literature. Since the impact of Imam Ali's (PBUH) words on Sa'di's work has been enormous, the present paper attempts to examine the influence of Nahj al-Balāgha on Sa'di'sGulistan.
