Abstract

The purpose of this article is to interpret, through empirical and descriptive research, the intended function and systemic position (Even-Zohar, 1990) given, in the Argentine cultural space, to the edition of the translation of Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis, published in 1943, at a time when the country's publishing sector was experiencing a great expansion due to the recession in the Spanish publishing industry. On the one hand, the intermediation of various agents of the translation in the target country, such as editors, translators, illustrators, critics and state actors, was taken into account by the approach (Heilbron & Sapiro, 2007); on the other hand, the paratexts were analyzed (Genette, 2009), including the cover illustration, interpreted as intermedial transposition, and other iconic elements. Through these analyses, it was verified that the intended function given to the novel’s translation edition in the Argentine cultural space varied between aesthetic, identity, political and ideological, according to the role of the agents.

Keywords
Brazilian literature translated; Dom Casmurro ; Machado de Assis; Argentina; editorial paratexts