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Volume 18:7 July 2018
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Duiti Abhisapta Paribaar: Rewriting Wuthering Heights in Odia

Sonali Ganguly, Research Scholar


Abstract

Wuthering Heights by Ellis Bell is a classic which has been translated into 61 world languages. The paper takes into account the abridged translation of the novel in Odia published in the year 1970. The paper attempts to examine the Odia translation of Wuthering Heights by Chintamani Mohapatra as a small but significant contribution to the process of creating World Literature in Odia. I intend to discuss the strategies used for the three-tier process of production, circulation and reception of the book as children’s literature. The transparency maintained in the translation and the strategies followed to introduce the world classic and the world author to the non-English speaking young readers in a provincial language testifies the phenomenal contribution of the translator as a mediator. In this context, a brief comparative analysis of the abridged translation with the original text projects translation as a fulcrum in the world literary market. The literary work qualifies to get into the new genre through the gateway generated by the translator. I would also study the mode of translation and other rudimentary elements adapted by Sri. Mohapatra in translating the novel that makes this piece an important part of the children’s world literature in Odia.

Keywords: Translation, Reception, Translation Strategy, World Literature, Children’s Literature

Wuthering Heights and Biswasahitya Series

Biswasahitya series is the collection of the world literary texts in the abridged version, especially meant for children. It is published by an independent and a non-profit oriented, Cuttack based publishing house Granthamandir. The blurb of the books published in the series reflects that BSG is an initiative taken by the publisher to introduce Biswa Sahitya (World Literature) to the readers in Odia language. The global circulation and the establishment of the link between the books and the target readers received a high degree of emphasis. This phenomenal contribution by Granthamandir added a new dimension to the literature of the world. In the words of Mr Manoj Mahapatra, the owner of Granthamandir, “The desire to bring forth the ancient and the contemporary literary pieces of the world to the non-English speaking readers in a provincial language of India propelled us to continue this endeavour, overcoming every challenge.” So, here is an attempt to create the world literature in Odia that interrogates the idea of world literature in English, where Bronte’s Wuthering Heights receives a significant place.

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Sonali Ganguly, Research Scholar
International Institute of Information Technology
Bhubaneswar
c617001@iiit-bh.ac.in

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