Mokre sny Brodskiego. Seksualność (i nie tylko) w autoprzekładzie

Alexandra Berlina

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Brodsky’s poems tend to become more sexually explicit in self-translation from Russian into English than in their original versions. The greater permissiveness of the target culture and the opportunities presented by English vocabularly played a role in this development – however, the present article argues that in Brodsky’s writing, and particularly in his self-translations, sexual imagery is often a means to meditate on such topics as the nature of time and human consciousness. The Brodskian manner of connecting sexuality and philosophy has more precedents in Anglophone than Russophone culture; moreover, word play being a vehicle of thinking for Brodsky, such expressions as “wet dreams” prompted him to develop complex compositions “consisting of love, filthy dreams, fear of death, ashes” and time.

Keywords

Brodski, autoprzekład, seksualność, przekład poezji

Brodsky, self-translation, sexuality, poetry translation

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Information: Przekładaniec, 2015, Issue 30 – Brodski, pp. 33 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864PC.15.002.4440

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Mokre sny Brodskiego. Seksualność (i nie tylko) w autoprzekładzie

English:

Brodsky’s Wet Dreams: (More than) Sexuality in Self-Translation

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Alexandra Berlina

Universität Erfurt

Published at: 28.09.2015

Article status: Open

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