Análise estilística da tradução portuguesa de De joodse messias de A.Grunberg: transculturalidade da ironia.

Abstract

This article is about the understanding of the role that language plays in the achievement of textual meaning and effect. In order to do that, extracts of Arnon Grunberg’s De joodse messias were analised. The main objective was a stylistic comparison between the Dutch novel and a translation in Portuguese. The irony and other themes which occur in the Dutch literature such as the Jew’s identity and the Second World War are not easy to traslate. It was explored the way in which these specific elements of the Dutch culture could be received by the Portuguese readers. Finally, the quality of the translation has been assessed in a critical perspective.