Tradition, Imitation and Creative Succession in Turkish Literary Translation

Abstract

In the article, the concepts of "tradition", "imitation" and "creative succession" in Turkish literary translation are scientifically and theoretically analyzed. "Tradition" in the sense of a complex of principles, methods and styles used by translators to translate literary works into another language, and "imitation" and "repeatability" in literary translation, which are interpreted as "re-creating the features of a work that already existed, following this or that artist in creative practice" the territory and boundaries of succession events are defined.