“Barbaric Yawp” in Polish

• Authors: Marta Skwara
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The text examines the Polish reception of Whitman’s “barbaric yawp,” beginning with pre-translational intertextual references made by the influential Polish poet Julian Tuwim (“Poezja,” 1921). Subsequently, the version of the “barbaric yawp” line from the introduction to the selection of Whitman’s poetry (1934) as well as three “proper”translations of the line done much later are analyzed. Problems which the “yawp” causesin the Polish language are discussed against the comprehensive cultural and linguistic background, including the Polish version of the film Dead Poets Society.

Keywords

EN

comparative literature, translation studies, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, Polish literature

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Pages: p. 327-334

Contributors

author

Marta Skwara

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Instytut Polonistyki i Kulturoznawstwa, Pracownia Komparatystyki Literackiej