Investigating Mukarovsky’s Structuralist Aesthetics inthe Translations of Dylan Thomas’ “Light BreaksWhere No Sun Shines” and “Do Not GoGentle into That Good Night”

Amir, Rabi; Tahir, Maha; Lecturer,; Ph.D,

	Investigating Mukarovsky’s Structuralist Aesthetics inthe Translations of Dylan Thomas’ “Light BreaksWhere No Sun Shines” and “Do Not GoGentle into That Good Night”
Journal of Al-qadisiya in arts and educational sciense
Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-147 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Rabi Amir; Maha Tahir; ;
Abstract
A basic requirement in the translation of poetry is not to have the aesthetic value lost.This can be achieved by different means as there are different sources for this value on the levels of reception and production. In poetic texts translators should be aware of the aesthetic sources that make such texts valuable. Two of Dylan Thomas’ poems (“Light breaks Where No Sun Shines” and “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”) are approached using Mukarovsky’s structuralist aesthetics to analyze the aesthetic sources in the poems and their translations. This approach pursues the aesthetic function, norm and value of texts. The analysis of the translation of the first poem (translated by Rabi‘ Tarbus1995) reveals the aesthetic function, norm and value the translator presents while a translation of the second poem is presented in this research relying on these aesthetic components (of function ,norm and value) in an attempt to produce an adequate translation that enjoys an equal value in the receiving culture.

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