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The prism of self-translation: poiesis and poetics of Yu Guangzhong's bilingual poetry.
- Source :
- Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication; Mar2023, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p45-60, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The activity of self-translation may be seen as a mise-en-scène of the hybrid auctorial self, as well as an ideal stage for a reconstruction of meanings, through a second original. As a (re)creative paradigm, self-translation echoes the concept of poiesis as a 'bringing into appearance', according to Heidegger's interpretation, namely as a crystallisation of the refracted facets of language and self. In this connection, the genetic approach may represent a tool to access the aesthetic world of the writer (the poietes) and to explore his (re)creative process. This paper discusses the case-study of the distinguished Taiwanese poet Yu Guangzhong (1928–2017), and his self-translated poetry collected in Shouye ren 守夜人/The Night Watchman. Through a comparative reading of three selected bilingual poems with their manuscript versions, this paper aims to investigate Yu's poetics of self-translation, while observing through the multi-layered spectrum of a linguistic and cultural rendering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POETRY (Literary form)
PRISMS
POETICS
CRYSTALLIZATION
POETS
SELF
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13556509
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164367401
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2022.2140623