First Translation of Brazilian Poetry in Russia: Pushkin&Gonzaga
https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2024.7.3.289-299
Abstract
The study deals with the first translation of Brazilian poetry into Russian language, which was carried out by a famous Russian poet Alexander S. Pushkin (1799-1837) in 1825. He was inspired by one of Tomás Antônio Gonzaga’s (1744-1810) poems, which was a part of poetry book Marília de Dirceu. In Russian philology, it is considered that Pushkin was inspired by the biography of the Brazilian colonial poet, whose fate to some extent echoed the history of the Decembrist uprising in Russian Empire. The article considers Pushkin’s translation as well as social and cultural context in which it was written. Beside that the authors analysed a considerable number of theatrical works related to the poem as well as Gonzaga’s biography. Within the framework of the study, we raised the question of further directions of exploring the links between Russian and Brazilian culture in historical terms. In the result of the study, we made a conclusion of literary peculiarities of the translation. Taking into consideration Pushkin's free translation, the translation claims to be the original text. Pushkin modifies the original on the motivic, plot-compositional, chronotopic, verse and other levels of the text.
About the Authors
E. I. Seifert
Russian State University for the Humanities; Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Seifert Еlena Ivanovna – Professor, leading research fellow
Moscow
R. I. Proklov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Proklov Ruslan Igorevich – Senior lecturer
Moscow
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Seifert E.I., Proklov R.I. First Translation of Brazilian Poetry in Russia: Pushkin&Gonzaga. Kazan linguistic journal. 2024;7(3):289-299. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2024.7.3.289-299
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