Translating Rumi into the West: A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond

Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Examples
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 First Order Linguistic Difficulties
	1 Translatability as a Linguistic Principle
	2 Grammatical and Syntactic Problems
	3 Lexicological Difficulties
	4 Graphic Aspects of Translation
2 Translation or the Retrieval of the Discoursive Form
	1 For a Theory of the Discoursive Form in Translation
	2 Connotative Semantics and Translation
	3 Linguistic Variations and Discoursive Heterogeneity
3 Recreating the Poetics of Rumi
	1 The Music of Persian Poetry
	2 Music and Poetry in the Persianate World
	3 Hybrid Semiotic Systems
	4 Translating Rumi’s Hybrid Discourse
4 Translating Rumi’s Rhetoric
	1 Comparative Rhetoric: An Elusive Classification
	2 Lexical Figures of Speech
	3 Figures of Syntagmatic Construction
5 Hermeneutics of Translating Rumi
	1 Translating as Understanding
	2 Mystical Discoursive (In-)Coherence
	3 Translating Figures of Thought
	4 The Hermeneutic Conundrum of Mystical Imagery
6 On the Politics of Reception
	1 Beyond Language and Discourse
	2 Sociocultural Aspects of Reception
	3 Ideological and Political Dimensions of Translation
7 Translation as an Ethical Locus
	1 The Aim of Translation
	2 Target-Oriented Positions
	3 The Analytics of Rumi Translations
	4 For an Ethics of Translating Rumi
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
Index