Poetry Translation: Artistic and Cultural Problems

This paper investigates how could an artistic, cultural, and evasive piece of language like a poem be translated accurately. This paper addresses the intrinsic difficulties of translating poetry from different languages, cultures, and eras. Poetry sparked a dilemma on the practicability of its translation. Whereas some people consider it as a venerable entity, others venture to crush its fortifications! Translation of metaphor has been considered as a prominent problem of poetry translation. This problem stems from the fact that metaphors are affiliated with indirection, which in turn contributes to the difficulty of translatio

Elif Shafak's forty rules of love presents the solution to combat terrorism

In Elif Shafak's Forty Rules of Love, the writer delivers the message that Sufism, which is based on accepting variance and pluralism, is the key to terminate the continuing ideological and religious clashes. In order to combat the increasing hazard of religious extremism, sectarianism, and dogmatism that are the main causes of terrorism, there is a terrible need to find a way of life which operates on the basis of inclusion and shuns exclusion. Shafak believes that Sufism provides such a way of life. The novel calls people to embrace the religion of God's love rather than any other dogmatic religion. The novel calls for love, tolerance, patience, and many other tenets that the human being should follow in order to lead a happy life. In this novel, Sufism is not presented as a theoretical and hypothetic instruction. Instead, it is vigorous, breathing, and transmitting a placid energy that can obstruct terroris

Nada Jarrar’s A Good Land : A Multilateral Trauma

Trauma is not restricted to a particular place or a particular time. War memories intrude all nations and traumatize them. Following the crisis of the civil war in Lebanon, the invasion upon Palestine, the misery of Holocaust, and the wretchedness of World War II, many literary texts tackle them to show the traumatic experience of the individual. A Good Land by Nada Jarrar describes different traumatized nations and shows how the effect of trauma is one upon many individuals from different backgrounds. This research sets out to prove that the three different characters in the novel suffer from trauma. Kamal represents the Palestinian traumatic experience, Laila represents the Lebanese traumatic experience, and Margo represents the Jewish traumatic experience. This study focuses on the basic concepts of trauma. It shows how trauma affects identity. In addition, it displays the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and examines how different characters present different symptoms.The research discusses the novel’s thematic representation of trauma. It focuses on trauma theory specifically the idea of ‘’acting out’’ that is explained by Dominick LaCapra and Cathy Caruth. Moreover, the study shows the impact of trauma on identity through using the work of Dolores Herrero and Sonia Baelo-Allué. Eventually, this research sets out to prove the possibility of representing trauma in A Good Land by Nada Jarrar

Elif Shafak's forty rules of love presents the solution to combat terrorism

In Elif Shafak's Forty Rules of Love, the writer delivers the message that Sufism, which is based on accepting variance and pluralism, is the key to terminate the continuing ideological and religious clashes. In order to combat the increasing hazard of religious extremism, sectarianism, and dogmatism that are the main causes of terrorism, there is a terrible need to find a way of life which operates on the basis of inclusion and shuns exclusion. Shafak believes that Sufism provides such a way of life. The novel calls people to embrace the religion of God's love rather than any other dogmatic religion. The novel calls for love, tolerance, patience, and many other tenets that the human being should follow in order to lead a happy life. In this novel, Sufism is not presented as a theoretical and hypothetic instruction. Instead, it is vigorous, breathing, and transmitting a placid energy that can obstruct terroris

Poetry Translation: Artistic and Cultural Problems

This paper investigates how could an artistic, cultural, and evasive piece of language like a poem be translated accurately. This paper addresses the intrinsic difficulties of translating poetry from different languages, cultures, and eras. Poetry sparked a dilemma on the practicability of its translation. Whereas some people consider it as a venerable entity, others venture to crush its fortifications! Translation of metaphor has been considered as a prominent problem of poetry translation. This problem stems from the fact that metaphors are affiliated with indirection, which in turn contributes to the difficulty of translatio

Divulging the Meanings behind Being neither Human nor Animal in Haruki Murakami's "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey"

This paper divulges the different meanings of the seemingly meaningless surrealist Haruki Murakami's “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” (2020). The decision to use an anthropomorphic protagonist in the narrative is crucial and loaded with symbolism. It can be interpreted as an account of workplace abuse, racism and discrimination or as a story about identity conflict, with the monkey body representing otherness. The paper illuminates the connection between identity crisis and alienation as it is portrayed in "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey". In the event that Shinagawa Monkey feels rejected and alienated, this is when alienation occurs. The analysis is conducted within the scope of Postcolonialism and Marxism. The paper is significant as it is the first to explore such topics in Murakami's “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey.” This paper's goal is to alter society's behavior to lessen discrimination that is currently on the rise. This paper embraces three main themes that appear in "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" (2020). The themes concern the biased attitudes towards different races, the theme of identity conflict, and alienation. This paper exemplifies a critical reading of a multidimensional short story and sets the path for further study along these lines