“Barbaric Yawp” in Russian
“Barbaric Yawp” in Russian
Author(s): Andrey AzovSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Russian Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: comparative literature; translation studies; Walt Whitman; “Song of Myself;” Russian literature
Summary/Abstract: The essay traces the history of Kornei Chukovsky’s translation of Whitman’s “yawp” into Russian, points out the oddities of the translation and suggests a tentative explanation of Chukovsky’s word choice. It also examines the “yawp” in the Russian translation of the film Dead Poets Society.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 321-325
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English