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Even-Zohar, Itamar. 1990. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. Poetics Today 11 (1) : 45–51.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
creativity | literary approach=literary discourse=literature | polysystem theory=system theory | strategy=procedure
Edition info
Revised version of Even-Zohar 1978.
Reprint of
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 1978. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. In Holmes, James S., José Lambert and Raymond van den Broeck, eds. Literature and translation: new perspectives in literary studies. Leuven: Acco. pp. 117–127.

Abstract

This article is an attempt to explain why translation is sometimes epigonic and sometimes innovative. The main idea is that the (central or peripheral) position of translated literature within the target polysystem determines translation strategies and the notion of translation. Generally speaking, when translation occupies a peripheral position it will be more conservative, whereas when it is placed at the centre, it will tend to be more innovative.
Source : BITRA/J. Franco

Translations

Even-Zohar, Itamar. 1996. A posición da traducción literaria dentro do polisistema literario [The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem]. ViceVersa 2 : 59–65.
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 2009. Miejsce literatury tłumaczonej w polisystemie literackim [The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem]. In : 195–204.
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 1999. La posición de la literatura traducida en el polisistema literario [The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem]. In : 223–231.
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 2006. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. In : 429–434.

Reprints

Even-Zohar, Itamar. 2012. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. In Venuti, Lawrence. The Translation Studies Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 162–167.
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 2000. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. In Venuti, Lawrence and Mona Baker. The Translation Studies reader. London: Routledge. pp. 192–197.
Even-Zohar, Itamar. 2004. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. In Venuti, Lawrence. The Translation Studies reader. London: Routledge. pp. 199–204.