Nabokov versus Pushkin: The English Translation of Eugene Onegin
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Александар Пушкин, Владимир Набоков, Евгеније Оњегин, књижевни превод, поетски преводAbstract
Набоковљев превод Евгенија Оњегина, чувене поеме Александра Пушкина, пружа подстицајан пример уметника који наступа и као преводилац, критичар и научни коментатор. Есеј истражује Набоковљев рад превођењу Евгенија Оњегина и његово накнадно промишљање могућих метода превођења књижевног дела на други језик. Долази се до закључка да је једини прави превод Пушкиновог романа у стиховима онај који пружа што прецизније и тачније контекстуално значење (по Набоковљевим речима „дословни превод“), коме се жртвује све сем јампског ритма.
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