左哈尔polysystem_theory(多元系统理论)(1).ppt

Chapter 5 Polysystem Theory Introduction of Itamar Even-Zohar System Polysystem System: This concept is introduced by Tynjanov. Elements, Tynjanov argued, do not exist in isolation, but always in an interrelationship with other elements of other systems. System Polysystem Even-Zohar adopted Tynjanov’s concept of system. He developed the polysystem hypothesis while working on a model for Israeli Hebrew literature. In a series of papers written from 1970 to 1977 and collected in 1978 as “Papers in Historical Poetics”《历史诗学论文集》, he first introduced the term “polysystem” to refer to the entire network of correlated system within society. Thus it is a global term covering all of the literary system, both major and minor existing in a given culture. He is not specifically a translation theorist, but a cultural theorist. But his pioneering work continues to exert considerable influence on translation, particularly when studying translation in emerging cultures or cultures in crisis. His thinking about translations led him to some of the most provocative hypotheses about literary system. Polysytem with translation theories Just as the philosopher Chomsky uses linguistics to study how the human brain function in his philosophy, Even-Zohar regards translated literature as an effective way to study how the polysystem pose effect on translated literature. He believes through the analysis of the relationship of translated to original literary works, he could arrive at a better understanding of the nature of polysystem. Polysystem theory Even-Zohar incorporated the data collected from his observations on how translations function in various societies. He developed an approach ”Polysystem theory” to explain the function of all kinds of writing within a given culture. His data showed that translated literature functions differently depending upon the age, strength, and stability of the particular literary polysystem. Even-Zohar explored the relationship between th