Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper traces the evolution of haiku translation poetics in the English-speaking world. Focusing on translations from the first half of the 20th century, it compares Asatatro Miyamori and Harold G. Henderson’s early adaptations, which emphasize formal and rhythmic alignment, with R. H. Blyth’s culturally grounded, Zen-oriented approach in HAIKU. Rather than a sharp break, these translations show continuity in negotiating Japanese aesthetics and English poetic expression. While emerging in the formative stage of haiku’s transmission to the West, these works laid a crucial foundation for later haiku scholarship, highlighting the genre’s capacity for cultural adaptation and renewal.
Source: Verse Veison
DOI: 10.64699/24uaoj9071
Author: Nengying Chen
Institution: Sun Yat-sen University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4414088327