UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA - PGET - UFSC

ABSTRACT
This thesis is based on a research project on the translations of
Machado de Assis published in Italy. It aims to verify how and in what
way the Brazilian author is positioned in Italian literary culture, and
based on this it moves on to describe the importance of translational and
critical activities in the reception of a writer from a peripheral literary
system by another literary system. Peeter Torop‘s concept of total
translation is the main theoretical reference adopted for the
individuation of the translational strategies for Machado de Assis‘ works
in general, based on the stylistic description of his criticism, and of O
Anjo Rafael [The Angel Raphael] in particular. This little known short
story by Machado de Assis is presented, analysed and translated for the
first time into Italian. In conclusion observations and commentaries on
the translational process will show the poetics of translation adopted in
this particular translation of Machado de Assis‘ short story.
Key words: Translation Criticism. Machado de Assis. O Anjo Rafael.
Poetics of Translation. Translation Theory.