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yousefian gilnaz

Following the critical discourse analysis framework, the present study attempts to investigate the perspectives of twenty translators of Hafiz and the aspects of his poetry discussed by them, according to three macro-level elements (titles, illustrations and prefaces). It also examines the possible significant similarities/differences in the translator’s selections of the ghazals. The corpus of the study includes twenty available volumes of English translations of the Divan of Hafiz (ghazals), from 1771 to 2008. According to the findings, two main periods are identified: from 1771 to 1800 and from 1875 onward. The results show that the major characteristics of the first interval highly differ from the second one. The dominant discourse of the first period, which is attached to the colonial objectives and selectiveness, is completely evident and conforms to Said‘s elements of Orientalist discourse to a great extent. It reveals the non-geographical essence of colonization. However, in the second period, despite the existence of many common elements, a fluctuation and diversity in the perspectives and even selections of translators is observed. In fact, a number of relatively diverse motifs and perspectives flow in the works of the translators. The multidimentionality is mostly observed in their prefaces, which is also the common feature of Persian scholars. Therefore, It challenges Said’s idea of a consistent (fossilized) Orientalist discourse that outlives time in the two centuries under study.

Discourse, Critical Discourse Analysis, Orientalism, The poetry of Hafiz

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gilnaz، yousefian، 1398، Hafiz in the Mirror of the West: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the English Translations of the Divan of Hafiz based on the Orietalist Approach، اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي، https://conf.ui.ac.ir/fa/archive_index.php?c=icels&aid=1505990