Polysystem theory and translation

Nam Fung Chang
Lingnan University
Table of contents

Polysystem theory was developed in the early 1970s by Itamar Even-Zohar, an Israeli scholar, for the study of language, literature and translation, and in his later writings it expanded into a general theory of culture.

Full-text access is restricted to subscribers. Log in to obtain additional credentials. For subscription information see Subscription & Price.

References

Chang, Nam Fung
2000 “Towards a macro-polysystem hypothesis.” Perspectives: Studies in Translatology 8 (2): 109–123  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
2001 “Polysystem theory: Its prospect as a framework for translation research.” Target 13 (2): 317–332  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Even-Zohar, Itamar
1979 “Polysystem theory.” Poetics Today 1 (1–2): 287–310 Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
1990 Polysystem Studies. Durham: Duke University Press. Special issue of Poetics Today 11 (1).  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hermans, Theo
1996 “Norms and the determination of translation: A theoretical framework.” In Translation, Power, Subversion, Román Álvarez & M. Carmen-África Vidal (eds), 25–51. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
1999 Translation in Systems: Descriptive and System-oriented Approaches Explained. Manchester: St. Jerome.  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Huang, Dexian
2006 “Duoyuanxitonglun shiyi: Zuohaer fangtan lu.” (Clarifications on polysystem theory: Interview with Even-Zohar) Chinese Translators Journal 3: 57–60.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Toury, Gideon
1995 Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Tymoczko, Maria
2000 “Translation and political engagement: Activism, social change and the role of translation in geopolitical shifts.” The Translator 6 (1): 23–47  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Wang, Dongfeng
2008 “When a turning occurs: Counter-evidence to polysystem hypothesis.” In Translation, Globalisation and Localisation: A Chinese Perspective, Wang Ning & Sun Yifeng (eds), 140–154. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar

Further reading

Chang, Nam Fung
in press. “In Defence of Polysystem Theory”. Target 23 (2).  TSB
 
Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue