Ro c z n i k Ko m p a r a t ystyczny
C o m p a r a t i v e Ye arbook
4 (2013)
Szczecin 2013
Table of contents
I
Polish and World Writers on the “Barbaric” and the “Civilized”
Interpretations
Michał Kuziak
The Slavic Barbarian in Adam Mickiewicz’s Paris Lectures................. 11
Jared Warren
Appelé à prendre la parole: The Parisian Romanticism
of Adam Mickiewicz and George Sand ............................................. 25
Ulrike Jekutsch
Annihilation or Revival? On the Binary Topos “barbaric vs. civilized”
in Russian and Polish Poetry at the Beginning of the 20th Century.... 39
Ewa Raje wska
E.E. and the American Dream. Barańczak, Białoszewski, Sosnowski... 57
Petra James
Jan Skácel and Adam Zagajewski: The Czech and the Polish Poet
on the Civilization and the Barbarians .............................................. 75
Małgor zata We s o ł ow s k a
Mr Cogito Tells Crow about Spinoza but Crow Goes on Laughing:
“Civilization” and “Barbarism” in Zbigniew Herbert’s
Mr Cogito and Ted Hughes’s Crow..................................................... 89
Piotr Kar wowsk i
Larkin, Miłosz and the Pathos of Western Civilisation..................... 109
Jo anna Orska
What We Learned From the British Barbarians................................ 119
Dorota Walczak - De l a n o i s
Barbaric Poetry? The Challenges of Contemporary Civilization
(A Comparative Polish-Belgian Study)............................................. 137
Meenakshi Bha r a t
Civilized/Barbaric? Changed Connotations in Indian Dalit Poetry... 159
II
Source Analyses
Mar ta Skwara
“Two Poets” in Czesław Miłosz’s Unknown Letters
and Other Writings.......................................................................... 175
III
Translation Studies: The “Barbaric” and the “Civilized” across Cultures
Emilia Kledzik
Recording an Oral Message. Jerzy Ficowski and Papusza’s
Poetic Project in the Postcolonial Perspective................................... 207
Agnieszka Moro z
Poems by Frank O’Hara and Allen Ginsberg Translated by Polish
Poets. The Conflict between “Classicists” and “Barbarians”?............. 235
Ed Folsom
Translating Walt Whitman’s “Barbaric Yawp.” Introduction............. 255
Anders Petterss o n
“Barbaric Yawp” in Swedish............................................................. 265
Vanessa Steinro e t t e r
“Barbaric Yawp” in German . .......................................................... 273
Katia Vandenbo r re
“Barbaric Yawp” in Dutch................................................................ 281
Éric Athenot
To Yawp, Or Not To Yawp: French Translators
and Whitman’s Distinctive Idiom.................................................... 287
Caterina Berna rd i n i
Italian Yawps................................................................................... 299
Maria Clara Pa ro
Brazilian “Barbaric Yawps”............................................................... 305
Bojana Aćamov i ć
Whitman’s “Barbaric Yawp” Sounded in Serbian.............................. 313
Andrey A zov
“Barbaric Yawp” in Russian.............................................................. 321
Mar ta Skwara
“Barbaric Yawp” in Polish................................................................ 327
Ayten Tar tici
“Barbaric Yawp” in Turkish.............................................................. 335
Meenakshi Bha r a t
The Barbaric Soul: Lost in Translation.
A Comment on the Hindi Translation............................................. 339
IV
Coverages
Diana Ismail
The Fifth International Whitman Week
(28 May 1012–2 June 2012, Pobierowo, Poland)............................. 347
V
Reviews
Katar zyna Biela w n a
Around the World in 33 Articles?.................................................... 357
Natalia Gendaj
Life after Postmodernism................................................................. 371
Contributors............................................................................................ 387