Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Reading the translation of Surah Baqarah and Al-Imran (based on Eiser's aesthetic theory)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 .Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Khwarazmi University, Tehran
2 .Master's student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Khwarazmi University, Tehran
Abstract
Receiving theory is one of the contemporary critical approaches that has sub-branches; One of these branches is the aesthetic theory of Wolfgang Iser. Given that the basis of this theory is the reader's perception of the text and looks at the translator as a reader, so it seeks to find out how and by what methods the translator as a reader bridges the gaps and gaps of a text Fills the basis of your receipt. The present study uses the descriptive-analytical method of critical type and in the light of Wolfgang Iser theory, selected the divine translations of Ghomshei, Makarem Shirazi and Meshkini from Surah Al-Baqarah and Al-Imran as a literary text and after examining the gaps in the original text The two suras examine how it is reflected in the Persian translation Has set. Analyzes show that the virtual part of the language (metaphor, irony, authorized messenger, simile) is the most obscure part of the surahs, and among these, metaphor has the largest volume of linguistic gap. Translators have used two methods of removing and highlighting to fill these empty spaces, among which, Elahi Ghomshei has used the highlighting method to read the empty spaces more than others by freely translating these two noble suras.
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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
September 2023
Pages 195-212

  • Receive Date 31 August 2022
  • Accept Date 01 June 2024
  • First Publish Date 01 June 2024
  • Publish Date 23 September 2023