A tradução como ferramenta para o estudo de literatura japonesa clássica – o caso de Ise Monogatari do século X

Abstract

Ise Monogatari (伊勢物語) is a 10th-century short narrative divided into 125 chapters centered around waka poems, and thus classified in Japan as utamonogatari. Attributed to Ariwara no Narihira, a 10th-century Heian court poet, the stories are relatively independent and vary in length, making them suitable for a collective assisted translation experience. This article presents the experience carried out with undergraduate students in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of São Paulo. It outlines the translation process by student translators with different prior linguistic and cultural knowledge, and its partial sharing with classmates and an external audience. Translation served as a tool for better understanding a classical Japanese literary work and proved to be a motivating exercise in learning both classical and modern Japanese. As an example, one episode is presented, with a focus on translating the waka poems, which are at the heart of Ise Monogatari.