Internationalization of Clarice Lispector: Reception and Criticism of Short Stories of the book Felicidade Clandestina
Literary Translation. Clarice Lispector. Brazilian literature. Translation Criticism.
Based on the problem that literary works translation occasionally face negative reception due to criticism from not specialized agents in translation, and based on the perception that translation criticism and literary criticism influence directly the dissemination and reception of literature translation, this research aims to delve into the concepts of reception and translation criticism, seeking to investigate their influence on the translation market of literary works, specifically in the works of Clarice Lispector, grounded on the notions of Berman's critique (1995) and Toury’s norm (1995). Based on the outline of an analytical trajectory for translation criticism, proposed by Antoine Berman (1995), consisting of six stages, this case study intends, through the critical and comparative analysis of the short stories Felicidade Clandestina, Restos do Carnaval and Cem Anos de Perdão by Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), published in the book Felicidade Clandestina (1971, 1998), the English translations of Torture and Glory, The Remnants Of Carnival and A Hundred Years' Pardon by Giovanni Pontiero published in the book Selected Crônicas (1996) and the English translations Covert Joy, Remnants of Carnival and One Hundred Years of Forgiveness, by Katrina Dodson published in the book The Complete Stories (2018), to analyze the translations published in 1996 and 2018, seeking to investigate which strategies are most used by translators in the translation of Lispector's short stories, observing how they are received in the target language. In addition, based on evidence that the translations of Lispector's works into English facilitated the entry of Clarice's literature into other countries, and in order to address the scope of translations of Clarice's works into languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin and Dutch, this research aims to develop a brief overview of the internationalization of Clarice's literature. The aim is, therefore, to contribute to the discussion of ideas about literary translation criticism and, more specifically, about the criticism and reception of Clarice's works in translation, based on the investigation of Lispector's translations dissemination and their internationalization for Englishspeaking and other cultures.