Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry

Inuit poetry has an inherently concrete nature, whether evinced in song-poems collected in the oral tradition era, or in modern-day poetry written from the twentieth century onward. I propose, however, that the tangible observational poetry of the past has slowly been transforming into a new traditi...

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Main Author: Nándori, Rita
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/143954
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description Inuit poetry has an inherently concrete nature, whether evinced in song-poems collected in the oral tradition era, or in modern-day poetry written from the twentieth century onward. I propose, however, that the tangible observational poetry of the past has slowly been transforming into a new tradition. Novel ways of expression such as figurative language and philosophical thinking have been employed by contemporary Inuit poets. The transitions from literal to figurative language and from straight-forward to philosophical thinking are manifestations of the change in Inuit life and writing. Contemporary Inuit poetry is not abstract in the strictest sense of the word, but abstraction is there in the poems: in the metaphysical questions they pose, in their modern atmosphere and diction. This shift in artistic expression results in an emerging poetic tradition that is more accessible to a worldwide readership. La poésie inuite a une nature concrète, qu'il s'agisse de chants-poèmes recueillis à l'époque de la tradition orale ou de poésie moderne écrite à partir du XXe siècle. Toutefois, nous soutenons ici l'hypothèse selon laquelle la poésie observationnelle tangible du passé se serait lentement transformée en une nouvelle tradition. Des modes d'expression novateurs, tels que le langage figuratif et la pensée philosophique, ont été employés par les poètes inuits contemporains. Les transitions du langage littéral vers le langage figuratif et de la pensée directe vers la pensée philosophique sont des manifestations du changement dans la vie et l'écriture inuites. La poésie inuite contemporaine n'est pas abstraite au sens strict du terme, mais l'abstraction est là dans les poèmes : dans les questions métaphysiques qu'ils posent, dans leur atmosphère et leur diction modernes. Ce changement d'expression artistique se traduit par une tradition poétique émergente plus accessible à un lectorat mondial.
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spelling ftmasarykufarts:oai:digilib.phil.muni.cz:node-34837 2025-01-16T20:50:39+00:00 Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry Chants arctiques: un voyage vers une nouvelle tradition du pré-contact dans la poésie inuite contemporaine Nándori, Rita 2020 text/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/143954 eng eng https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/handle/11222.digilib/115977 https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/_flysystem/fedora/pdf/143954.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/143954 embargoed access Inuit poetry Inuit oral tradition contemporary Inuit poetry Inuit intellectual culture poésie inuit tradition orale inuit poésie inuit contemporaine culture intellectuelle inuit English Studies Article 2020 ftmasarykufarts 2023-01-31T17:37:09Z Inuit poetry has an inherently concrete nature, whether evinced in song-poems collected in the oral tradition era, or in modern-day poetry written from the twentieth century onward. I propose, however, that the tangible observational poetry of the past has slowly been transforming into a new tradition. Novel ways of expression such as figurative language and philosophical thinking have been employed by contemporary Inuit poets. The transitions from literal to figurative language and from straight-forward to philosophical thinking are manifestations of the change in Inuit life and writing. Contemporary Inuit poetry is not abstract in the strictest sense of the word, but abstraction is there in the poems: in the metaphysical questions they pose, in their modern atmosphere and diction. This shift in artistic expression results in an emerging poetic tradition that is more accessible to a worldwide readership. La poésie inuite a une nature concrète, qu'il s'agisse de chants-poèmes recueillis à l'époque de la tradition orale ou de poésie moderne écrite à partir du XXe siècle. Toutefois, nous soutenons ici l'hypothèse selon laquelle la poésie observationnelle tangible du passé se serait lentement transformée en une nouvelle tradition. Des modes d'expression novateurs, tels que le langage figuratif et la pensée philosophique, ont été employés par les poètes inuits contemporains. Les transitions du langage littéral vers le langage figuratif et de la pensée directe vers la pensée philosophique sont des manifestations du changement dans la vie et l'écriture inuites. La poésie inuite contemporaine n'est pas abstraite au sens strict du terme, mais l'abstraction est là dans les poèmes : dans les questions métaphysiques qu'ils posent, dans leur atmosphère et leur diction modernes. Ce changement d'expression artistique se traduit par une tradition poétique émergente plus accessible à un lectorat mondial. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctique* inuit inuite inuites inuits Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Arctic
spellingShingle Inuit poetry
Inuit oral tradition
contemporary Inuit poetry
Inuit intellectual culture
poésie inuit
tradition orale inuit
poésie inuit contemporaine
culture intellectuelle inuit
English Studies
Nándori, Rita
Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title_full Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title_fullStr Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title_full_unstemmed Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title_short Arctic Songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-Contact to contemporary Inuit poetry
title_sort arctic songs: a journey towards a new tradition from pre-contact to contemporary inuit poetry
topic Inuit poetry
Inuit oral tradition
contemporary Inuit poetry
Inuit intellectual culture
poésie inuit
tradition orale inuit
poésie inuit contemporaine
culture intellectuelle inuit
English Studies
topic_facet Inuit poetry
Inuit oral tradition
contemporary Inuit poetry
Inuit intellectual culture
poésie inuit
tradition orale inuit
poésie inuit contemporaine
culture intellectuelle inuit
English Studies
url https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/143954