%0 Journal Article %1 Gould2013 %A Gould, Rebecca %D 2013 %I Routledge %J The Translator %K MTM16 Práctica_traductora Teoría %N 1 %P 81--104 %R 10.1080/13556509.2013.10799520 %T Inimitability versus Translatability %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13556509.2013.10799520 %V 19 %X AbstractBuilding on the multivalent meanings of the Arabo-Persian tarjama (‘to interpret', ‘to translate', ‘to narrate in writing'), this essay examines the doctrine of Qur 'ānic inimitability (icjāz) across Arabic and Persian literary cultures as a way of exploring the contemporary relevance of Islamic rhetoric. Treating the relation between Arabic and Persian as a case study for a theory of translation specific to Islamic literary culture, it argues that the translation of Arabic rhetorical theory (cilm al-balāgha) into Persian marks a turning point in the history of Islamic rhetoric. While examining the implications of Qur 'ānic hermeneutics for translation theory, it considers how the inimitability concept impacts on translatability. Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's reflections on nazm (structure) enrich and refine Walter Benjamin's argument for translatability as a condition of literary language. Viewing Islamic literary aesthetics from the perspective of Benjaminian thinking about language can infuse conte...

@article{Gould2013, abstract = {AbstractBuilding on the multivalent meanings of the Arabo-Persian tarjama (‘to interpret', ‘to translate', ‘to narrate in writing'), this essay examines the doctrine of Qur 'ānic inimitability (icjāz) across Arabic and Persian literary cultures as a way of exploring the contemporary relevance of Islamic rhetoric. Treating the relation between Arabic and Persian as a case study for a theory of translation specific to Islamic literary culture, it argues that the translation of Arabic rhetorical theory (cilm al-balāgha) into Persian marks a turning point in the history of Islamic rhetoric. While examining the implications of Qur 'ānic hermeneutics for translation theory, it considers how the inimitability concept impacts on translatability. Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's reflections on nazm (structure) enrich and refine Walter Benjamin's argument for translatability as a condition of literary language. Viewing Islamic literary aesthetics from the perspective of Benjaminian thinking about language can infuse conte...}, added-at = {2017-01-13T13:39:46.000+0100}, author = {Gould, Rebecca}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/268ded32d13f607bfe51d9144b6c4baf4/mariacantarero}, doi = {10.1080/13556509.2013.10799520}, interhash = {2636a134da3daa0156df0181084670b1}, intrahash = {68ded32d13f607bfe51d9144b6c4baf4}, journal = {The Translator}, keywords = {MTM16 Práctica_traductora Teoría}, mendeley-tags = {MTM16,Teor{\'{i}}a,Traducci{\'{o}}n {\'{a}}rabe}, month = apr, number = 1, pages = {81--104}, publisher = {Routledge}, timestamp = {2017-01-16T07:46:54.000+0100}, title = {{Inimitability versus Translatability}}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13556509.2013.10799520}, volume = 19, year = 2013 }