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Kiev as an artistic toponym in “The Song of Igor’s Campaign” and the Chinese translations
- Authors: Wang Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
- Issue: Vol 24, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 713-720
- Section: Comparative Studies
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/23071
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2019-24-4-713-720
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The article explores the toponym “Kiev” as an universal center of the space - time organization of “The Song of Igor’s Campaign”. The capital city of Ancient Russia is mentioned in 10 episodes, in each of which it appears in the symbolic incarnation of a certain political slogan or poetic hyperbole. The study analyzes and compares the image of Kiev, displayed in the original text of “The Song”, its translations into Chinese, and commentaries by Wei Huangnu and Li Xiyin, who discovered the artistic value of the ancient Russian masterpiece to Chinese philologists and a wide circle of readers.
About the authors
Yu Wang
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: wangyu198923@126.com
Ph.D. student of Department of Russian and Foreign Literature
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationReferences
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