Uma leitura da Odisseia, de Homero: tradução e adaptação de Frederico Lourenço

Abstract

This work analyzes with the suport of Theory of Adaptation by Hutcheon (2013) and Comparative Literature, the Odyssey works of Homer and the Odyssey Homer Adapted for young people, both translated by Frederico Lourenço. The study of the Odyssey (translated and adapted) is based on Comparative Literature, especially through the compilation of theory and concepts systematized by professor Sandra Nitrini in her canonical work. The methodology used was the bibliographical research. In order to better understand the Odyssey itself, was realized the historical-religious study of the ancient Greek world. For the research on the gods and the formation of the Greek man in the construction of the epic, were used authors as Hauser (1972), Jaeger (1994), Vernant (2006), Coulanges (1998) and Brandão (2013). In the comparative analysis of the translation, it was possible to verify that they are independent works, with many differences. Among other aspects, the work discusses whether changes in adaptation were generated to answer a young reader without previous literary training. The objective to be sought through this analysis is to know if the Odyssey adapted for young people breaks with the translated work, and consequently makes it independent of the original. It was possible to prove that the adaptation did not keep the environment and the universe of the epic. The text was changed with a reduction of the reference to the gods. Still, the Greek epic tells many parallel stories, not always directly related to the hero's story. In this case, the adaptation concentrates on the history of Ulysses and Telemachus, discharacterizing the epic, according to Aristotle's comparison in the Poetics when he records that the epic is characterized by many parallel narratives, while the tragedy focuses on an action. The conclusion is that the adapted work breaks with the translated one becoming an independent work that dialogues with the contemporary young reader.