Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Rhythmical Principles of Walt Whitman’s Poetry Underlying the Approach to Translation into Russian of the ‘Leaves of Grass’ (as Exemplified by the Poem Once I Pass’d Through a Populous City)

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (2)
Authors
Nikitina, Irina V.
Contact information
Nikitina, Irina V.:Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University named after N.A. Dobrolyubov 31a Minin Str., Nizhny Novgorod, 603155, Russia;E-mail:
Keywords
Walt Whitman; rhythmical principles; rhythm of thought; phonetic recurrence
Abstract

The article discusses an alternative approach to translation of the ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman into Russian which is thought to ensure most accurate transfer of ‘the essential model’ of Whitman’s verse. For illustrative purposes the author analyzes the poem ‘Once I Pass’d through a Populous City’ in line with the fundamental rhythmical principle and consequently offers his own translation version

Pages
287-293
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10230

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