Ruští spisovatelé o umění překladu

• Published in: AUC PHILOLOGICA
• Main Author: Stanislav Rubáš
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Czech; German; English; Spanish; French
• Published: Karolinum Press 2020
• Subjects: the art of literary translation; lomonosov; pushkin; nabokov; Philology. Linguistics; P1-1091; Mikhail Lomonosov
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.14712/24646830.2020.3; https://doaj.org/article/9a1af29d65b441db9a2fa863f6503ad4

The paper elaborates on a selection of canonical texts by Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), and Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), reflecting on the art of literary translation. A thorough analysis of these writings, covering the period from the mid-18 century to the mid-20 century, reveals a striking continuity of thought, especially in terms of the Russian writers’ perception of their mother tongue and of poetry as the national language’s subtlest manifestation. All the texts analysed are, more than anything else, marked by the Muse of poetry, a key feature defining Russian national mentality.