Polysystem theory explained
The polysystem theory, a theory in translation studies, implies using polyvalent factors as an instrument for explaining the complexity of culture within a single community and between communities. Analyzing sets of relations in literature and language, it gradually shifted towards a more complex analysis of socio-cultural systems.[1]
The polysystem theory has been embraced by students of literature and culture all over the world,[2] and has particularly gained attention in the field of Scandinavian studies.[3]
Its foremost advocate is the Israeli linguist Itamar Even-Zohar.[4] The American scholar Edwin Gentzler is another important contributor to this viewpoint.[5]
Further reading
- Even-Zohar, Itamar. Polysystem Studies. Poetics Today 11.1 (1990)
- Aveling, Harry 2005. “Two Approaches to the Positioning of Translations: A Comparative Study of Itamar Even-Zohar's Polysystem Studies and Gideon Toury's Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond.” Kritika Kultura - A Refereed Electronic Journal of Literary/Cultural and Language Studies, No. 6, November 2005, pp. 6–25.
- Shuttleworth, Mark 2001. “Polysystem Theory”. In Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker ed., Routledge: New York & London, pp. 176–179.
- Lambert, José 1997. "Itamar Even-Zohar's Polysystem Studies: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Culture Research." Canadian Review of Comparative Literature / Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée, XXIV, No. 1, pp. 7–14.
- DIMIĆ, Milan V. 1993. "Polysystem Theory", in Makaryk, I. ed. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 151–155.
- McKelvey, Myles 2001. "Translating the Musical Les Misérables: A Polysystemic Approach." http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ59267.pdf
Notes and References
- http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.112.4768 2005 Polysystem Theory Revised
- http://www.acett.org/documentos/vasos/vasos34.pdf Vasos comunicantes, page 22 (in Spanish)
- Textual Production and Status Contests in Rising and Unstable Societies. Edited by Massimiliano Bampi and Marina Buzzoni, 59–70. Filologie medievali e moderne 59. Venezia: Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2013.
- http://www.tau.ac.il/~itamarez/works/books/ez-pss1990.pdf Polysystem studies
- http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/polysystem-theory-tf/ Polysystem Theory from Routledge Encyclopaedia of Translation Studies
